We are sorry to report that the founder of Gaia Watch John Barker has sadly passed away after a short illness, on the 19th of May 2012.
At this time the charity that John founded has been closed and the opportunity to donate has been removed from the site.
If you would be interested in continuing John’s work then his widow would welcome expressions of interest to made via email to jbarker@population-growth-migration.info
If no one comes forward to take over the websites that John founded will be closed down towards the end of 2013.
Chris Thomson/Webmaster

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Conflict diagram. I think it is not clear, perhaps inaccurate, nowhere near complete.
Climate change is planetary and some claim the rich cause the flooding in densely populated far away places; “other resource depletion” – better as “resource depletion” (other than ‘what’?); “food stocks” are really flows, constantly being produced, however food stocks are at 50 year lows. Ecosystem deterioration is local, regional, AND global (seas are regional; air is global; land, rivers, aquifers are local). “The potential for conflict” line: conflict is both local and between nations. I think you intend that meaning. Perhaps there should be arrows pointing left and right rather than just lines. As a 25 year activist/researcher of overpopulation, I think I understand your intentions. But I think the diagram could be better presented.
Steve Kurtz
Maine
Steven K. Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Your comment on ecosystems – local effects. Yes, this suggests an arrow needs to go from ‘climate change’ to ‘within nations’ conflict. Perhaps your comment on climate change suggests the same there. In the diagram I was trying to keep as simple as possible, by just mentioning main effects. But perhaps, in addition to the arrows I have at the moment, there should be arrows from all four factors under the top heading to conflict ‘within nations’. Also, arrow heads on the two conflict line lines would improve things. ‘Food stock depletion’ – yes, they are being constantly used and replenished, but there are, repeat are stocks, and I don’t think any change is needed here without making the diagram unnecessarily complicated. John Barker. 7th Nov. 2011.
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