UN: Fertility must drop below replacement level
February 7, 2011 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter, Tech & Science
So it seems Singaporeans are doing the right thing after all:
The world population growth rate must slow down significantly to avoid reaching unsustainable levels, says a new UN report.
To have a reasonable chance of stabilising world population, fertility must drop to below “replacement level”.
It must then be maintained at that level for an extended period, says the report.
This replacement level is the fertility level at which a population replaces itself from one generation to the next.
via BBC News
“Frankenfoods” That Could Feed the World
July 6, 2010 by green team
Filed under Food, Green Reporter
GM foods can be beneficial, if you don’t get hampered by greed.
Its been almost 20 years since the first genetically modified GM crop was approved for commercialization, and still the range of biotech foods available to the public is paltry. Soybeans, corn and cotton that tolerate high doses of herbicides and fend off pests–technologies that benefit rich-world farmers–are nearly all the choices we have.But scientists have the tools to engineer crops that can benefit far needier populations.
View photogallery at DISCOVER Magazine.
