A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT 🌏
"More than 80 percent of the original forest that covered the Earth 8,000 years ago has been cleared, damaged or altered. The rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate. We simply can’t go on like this...
"Our growing population inevitably needs more food, land, water, energy and resources. It also produces more carbon emissions and more pollution. W...hatever else we do to tackle our environmental problems, adding more people adds to the challenges we face...
"Encouragingly, birth rates are falling almost everywhere. Thailand, for instance, reduced its fertility rate by nearly 75 per cent in just two generations with a targeted, creative and ethical family planning programme. Globally, as women and girls become more empowered, their family sizes reduce, both giving them greater freedom and helping to tackle the chronic overpopulation that is driving nature to the brink of collapse."
> SAP: Save the 🌏, give every human free access to ethical family planning programmes NOW!
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