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… addition, intensive animal farming and a relatively dense population associated with poor waste and waste water … high illiteracy and mortality rates, very high population growth, and a complex land tenure rights …

… marshes. These areas support a food web that permits rapid growth of young fish in estuarine nursery areas. • mangroves … are directly linked to fundamental problems of poverty, population growth and other issues discussed in Chapter 2.3 … six between 1900 and 1995, more than double the rate of population growth.54 Countries with low rainfall have relied …

… pressure on water resources as a result of such factors as population growth and, increasingly, climate change the last thirty or … hugely increased. The reasons are well known and include population growth, the rise of mega-cities, rising affluence …