POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT Ten years after the Cairo conference, there is much greater recognition that good stewardship of the environment, peoples health and the status of women are all interconnected There has been greater international attention to womens stewardship of natural resources including efforts to integrate reproductive health and family planning into conservation programs
POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT • Ten years after the Cairo conference, there is much greater recognition that good stewardship of the environment, people’s health and the status of women are all interconnected. • There has been greater international attention to women’s stewardship of natural resources, including efforts to integrate reproductive health and family planning into conservation programs
POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT The ecological footprintof an average person in a high-income country is about Six times bigger than that of someone in a low- Income country. a rapidly growing consumer class of around 1. 7 billion people accounts for the vast majority of meat eating, paper use, car driving and energy use 2. 8 billion people-two in five-struggle to survive on less than $2 a day
• The ecological “footprint” of an average person in a high-income country is about six times bigger than that of someone in a lowincome country. • A rapidly growing consumer class of around 1.7 billion people accounts for the vast majority of meat eating, paper use, car driving and energy use. • 2.8 billion people—two in five—struggle to survive on less than $2 a day. POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT In 2000, 1. 1 billion people did not have reasonable access to safe drinking water 2. 4 billion people worldwide live without basic sanitation Lack of access to clean water and sanitation led to 1.7 million deaths in 2000
• In 2000, 1.1 billion people did not have reasonable access to safe drinking water. • 2.4 billion people worldwide live without basic sanitation. • Lack of access to clean water and sanitation led to 1.7 million deaths in 2000. POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT As a result of rising incomes urbanization and smaller families the average number of people living under one roof declined between 1970 and 2000--from 5.1 to 4. 4 in developing countries and from 3. 2 to 2.5 in industrial countries while the total of households increased With fewer people in each household. savings from shared use of energy are lost
• As a result of rising incomes, urbanization and smaller families, the average number of people living under one roof declined between 1970 and 2000—from 5.1 to 4.4 in developing countries and from 3.2 to 2.5 in industrial countries, while the total of households increased. – With fewer people in each household, savings from shared use of energy are lost POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION THAILAN By 2007, for the first time in human history, more than half the people in the world will be living in cities The number of urban dwellers will rise from 3 billion in 2003(48 per cent of the total population) to 5 billion in 2030(60 per cent)
MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION • By 2007, for the first time in human history, more than half the people in the world will be living in cities. – The number of urban dwellers will rise from 3 billion in 2003 (48 per cent of the total population) to 5 billion in 2030 (60 per cent)