Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 150
... growth rate . As part of a major international effort over the last few decades , support for family planning in developing countries has grown , rein- forcing the effect of economic and social development . This has helped to reduce ...
... growth rate . As part of a major international effort over the last few decades , support for family planning in developing countries has grown , rein- forcing the effect of economic and social development . This has helped to reduce ...
Page 158
... growth is clearly leading to the loss of forestland . The increasing demand for food leads , inevitably , to more land being put to the plow . Countries with high population growth rates tend to in- crease the amount of cultivated land ...
... growth is clearly leading to the loss of forestland . The increasing demand for food leads , inevitably , to more land being put to the plow . Countries with high population growth rates tend to in- crease the amount of cultivated land ...
Page 165
... growth of agriculture and of the economy . But this will be very hard to achieve if present rates of population growth persist . Population growth is unlikely to come down unless agriculture , and the economies dependent on agriculture ...
... growth of agriculture and of the economy . But this will be very hard to achieve if present rates of population growth persist . Population growth is unlikely to come down unless agriculture , and the economies dependent on agriculture ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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