2nd February 2012.
In June, a very important United Nations conference will take place on the subject of ’Sustainable Development’. In preparation for this, a three day conference of representatives of member states, United Nations agencies and civil society was organised to prepare a draft document that would form the basis for discussion at the conference. And this conference has now produced a draft document,
We at Gaia Watch have always argued that it will not be possible to achieve global sustainable development without pursuing a policy of reducing global human population growth and eventually reducing the global population.
But if the draft document eventually prepared is any guide, the United Nations Conference may not adopt this position. Fot opposition to any focus on population growth was expressed by some spokespersons. And the final draft document apparently made no mention of population control or reproductive rights as being necessarily part of sustainable development policy.
So LifeNews.com drew the conclusion stated as the heading for the present news item. On the other hand, at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the United Nations Population Fund issued an offcial statement that said that human population growth is unsustainable and indeed a threat to development, and the WEF concurred.
So we think that we may yet see a global recognition of the harmful effect of human population growth.