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Kenya’s pain: famine, drought, government ambivalence cripples once stable nation

Alleviating poverty and saving biodiversity are inherently linked argue scientists

Saving gorillas by bringing healthcare to local people in Uganda, an interview with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Economists, scientists warn that world crises require new order of international cooperation and enforcement

World population set to reach 7 billion in two years

Meeting food and energy demands by mid-century will be a challenge, says report

Record hunger: one billion people are going hungry worldwide

What is the crop productivity and environmental impact of too much or too little fertilizer?

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

UN: Population growth rates fall to 1.1 percent in Asia-Pacific

Chimpanzee population plummets 90 percent in supposedly strong region

Group devoted to cutting human population receives boost from David Attenborough

Sustainable farming is the only way to feed the planet going forward

Rural depopulation to have biodiversity impacts

Continued focus on economic growth will doom the planet say ecologists

There is enough water for everyone provided it is well-managed and distributed

No longer a fan of Earth Day

More people now live in cities than in rural areas

Despite fire risk, more Americans building near forests

Asians played larger role in colonization of Europe than Africans

Rural population decline may not slow deforestation

World population to peak at 9.2 billion in 2050

Human ecological footprint to grow 34% by 2015 finds study

Just how bad is the biodiversity extinction crisis?

By 2030 AIDS could be leading global cause of illness

AIDS will block Millennium Development Goals for some counties

US population set to break 300m Tuesday

Remote island provides clues on population growth, environmental degradation

Jacob, Emily again the most popular baby names in America

Map projects regional population growth for 2025

Growth of cities can affect local weather

World cereal production forecast to decrease in 2006

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