October 4, 2021 | Resource
Download the PDF slide deck This resource explores the links between human activities and zoonotic disease emergence. The presentation uses a case study from the Amazon rainforest to argue that population growth, intensified agriculture, habitat loss, wildlife trade, and climate change create the conditions necessary for viral animal-to-human spillover. Recognizing…...
Read More
October 13, 2021 | Resource
Human activities are driving large scale changes through land use; the hunting and harvesting of organisms; pollution; overfishing; deforestation, and invasive species. The sustained overuse of natural resources has caused unprecedented levels of environmental destruction, including the loss of vital ecosystems and biodiversity. With the global population projected to increase…...
Read More
October 13, 2021 | Resource
Download Slide Deck Climate change is closely linked to population growth. In high-income countries especially, population growth directly causes climate change because each additional person causes significant emissions throughout their lifetime. High consuming lifestyles in the most affluent countries result in much higher per capita emissions than in middle- and…...
Read More
March 10, 2022 | Post
“During 2020, the world’s population increased by 81 million people, adding to the demand for food, housing, infrastructure, services and decent work, and increasing the pressure on the environment.” That’s a sentence from page 22 of a new report[1] from the United Nations Population Division. The authors of Global Population…...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2023 | Article
The ZPG Society is our recognition group for members who have made a gift in their will or trust, established a Charitable Gift Annuity, or designated Population Connection as a beneficiary of their retirement fund or other financial account. Development Manager Sarah Ikemoto spoke with ZPG Society member Martha “Marti”…...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2023 | Article
Awakening Horn for Inclusive Rural Development (AHIRD) Awakening Horn for Inclusive Rural Development (AHIRD) was founded in 2020 by a group of five young Tanzanians who experienced hardship and injustice while growing up and decided to join hands to fight harmful social-cultural practices, beliefs, and traditions that violate the rights…...
Read MoreDecember 11, 2023 | Article
The ZPG Society is our recognition group for members who have made a gift in their will or trust, established a charitable gift annuity, or designated Population Connection as a beneficiary of their retirement fund or other financial account. Membership Relations Coordinator Stephanie Wolfe spoke with ZPG Society member Dorothy…...
Read More
November 19, 2021 | Post
How to Address the New Age of Climate Denial A Summary of Key Takeaways from The New Climate War & Page Turners Book Club Meeting on November 18, 2021 In 1971, Keep America Beautiful ran a famous commercial known as the Crying Indian. The ad hired an Italian-American actor to…...
Read MoreMarch 13, 2023 | Article
Spider monkeys swung from the trees above me, eating young leaves and seeds, some carrying babies on their backs. One, who seemed to be the father of a sleepy infant clinging to its mother a couple branches away, stared down at me indifferently while he peed from above, nearly hitting…...
Read MoreDecember 11, 2023 | Article
Right wing extremists continue to do their best to ensure that people in this country, and around the world, are denied access to reproductive health care. In 2022, the Supreme Court stripped Americans of their constitutional right to legal and safe abortion, when it overturned Roe v. Wade. This past…...
Read More