June 1, 2020 | Articles
Originally published by The Nation on February 18, 2020 Scientists have fingered bats and pangolins as potential sources of the virus, but the real blame lies elsewhere—with human assaults on the environment. It could have been a pangolin. Or a bat. Or, as one now-debunked theory that made the rounds…...
Read More
June 1, 2020 | Articles
Originally published by Ensia on March 17, 2020 As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the novel coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics. Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank…...
Read More
June 1, 2020 | Articles
Middy Streeter & Paula Grande Middy Streeter & Paula Grande World travelers and Population Connection members since the ’90s, Middy and Paula love volunteering at events like Earth Day, where they get an opportunity to talk to the public about human impacts on our environment. Here’s what they said about…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
Originally published by Outside magazine One morning last winter in a village in Baitadi, a district in far-west Nepal, Kabita Bhandari sat down with a group of women to dispel local rumors about long-term contraceptives. Bhandari is 22 years old, an auxiliary nurse, a mother of a two-year-old girl, and…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
Today is my last day. Closing. Phase out,” Babita Bist says, with a bubbly Nepali accent. She’s wearing a loose ponytail and street clothes—no lab coat to indicate her nursing credentials. It’s late October 2018, and all things reproductive health in Nepal are changing. Due to the funding cuts that…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
World Population Tops 7.75 Billion Germany’s Foundation for World Population estimates that global population reached 7.75 billion by the end of 2019. According to their calculations, the world grows by 156 people every minute, or 83 million annually—the rough equivalent of adding a new Germany each year. Looking ahead, they…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
While global population growth continues to soar unsustainably, a handful of nations are experiencing declines. Often, this is pounced on as evidence that population growth is a thing of the past. That’s just not true in a world that adds more than 80 million people annually. We want to see…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
Your June and December issues, emphasizing the connection between population levels and climate change, were brave and impressive. You are setting a fine example, not followed, alas, by many environmental NGOs, which still seem intimidated by the taboos surrounding population questions. All their great work to save species and habitat…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
Ostensibly, abortion remains legal in the United States. Ostensibly. But the reality is far different: Onerous requirements on abortion facilities have melted their numbers, limiting access to providers. Hundreds of restrictions have been passed over the years to place hurdles between women seeking to terminate a pregnancy and the procedure…...
Read More
March 2, 2020 | Articles
We’ve been fortunate to work with Lisa Shannon of Every Woman Treaty over the past few years, collecting stories from around the world about the impacts of Trump’s Global Gag Rule on real people with real health care needs. We know that without the stories, the data and statistics and…...
Read More