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Contents of Volume 2,
Number 2, 1996
by John A. Eddy
by John A. Eddy
by Robert W. Kates
Starvation, undernutrition, and nutrient-depleting sickness are part of
everyday life
for at least one in every six people who dwell on the planet, and about one of
every
three children. Severe hunger, defined in this way, has always stalked
mankind, but
it could today be eliminated, had we the collective will to do it.
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by Daniel Simberloff
Many of the non-native animals, plants, and pathogens that are brought into
the
country each day are quite harmless, but about one in seven can cause
long-lasting
problems that cost us billions of dollars each year. It is far easier to keep
questionable species out than to erase or control them, once they are in.
[see also: summary]
by Lori S. Ashford and Jeanne A. Noble
The conference in Cairo, two years ago, marked a turning point in how
nations
view the challenge of containing global population growth. Out of Egypt
came a
harder look at the social roots of the problem, and the hope of broadening the
focus
from simple birth control to concerns regarding the health and human rights
of
those who bear children.
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