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A world of seven billion

Posted by: sarah-indra, 1. November 2011 - 12:52
Source: http://www.chinadialogue.net

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India Population Cartogram

This year, planet Earth will reach a new population milestone. Environmental thinkers say the real problem isn’t so much the extra people, but the accompanying boom in consumption. Leo Hickman reports.

Later this year – on 31 October, to be precise – a boy will be born in a rural village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. His parents will not know it, but his birth will prove to be a considerable landmark for our species as his arrival will mark the moment when the human population reaches seven billion.

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