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… of challenges we collectively face: from the pressures of population growth, climate change, urbanization, migration, and conflict … at any other time in human history. A rapidly increasing population, coupled with rising levels of consumption, is …

… and Petrels enters into force. It aims to stop or reverse population declines through conservation measures, including … populations The latest revision of the United Nations Population Division’s World Urbanization Prospects, published … form more than half of the total. Almost all population growth in the next 30 years will be concentrated in urban …

… 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 …

… resources in order to meet the needs of a growing global population while sustaining flows to the ‘ecological … equitably or in proportion to local populations and growth rates. The accepted poverty line for access to … of human settlements, more than 40% of the world’s population now lives in river basins suffering from moderate …

… Earth. Some two billion people, one- third of the global population, are dependant upon groundwater, much of which is … demand for a finite supply. This is in l a rge part due to population growth. The United Nations Population Division currently …

… of grass species. Semi-arid areas have the highest human population densities of the drylands and as a result face … Mekong, all rise in the drylands of Tibet and support a population in excess of 1 billion people. It has been … and greater soil moisture, contributing to vegetation growth and cover, biodiversity, soil fertility and carbon …

… on water withdrawals are being introduced in places where population density and climatic conditions combine to … which, if not managed, will ‘pose a threat to economic growth’ (WWC/OECD, 2015, p. 9). Impacts are already being … pressure on the water resources in the catchment, due to population growth and in-migration, with abstraction of water …

… there will be costs nationally and globally, for economic growth, poverty reduction, food security, safe drinking … in the arid and semi- arid regions of the world where population growth and expansion of irrigated agriculture have … water supply. This situation has been complicated by rapid population growth and climate- change pressures. These …

… a context of complex social and environmental changes. Population growth, often concentrated in the developing world, will … will be more mouths to feed and greater energy needs. Population growth will also lead to reduced water quality …

… through agreements among states; and • threats causing population movements (environmental refugees or internally … the degradation and change of such resources. The global population is expected to reach 8 billion by the year 2020, … for US$ 9-24 billion annually.41 Increased population growth and thereby increased demand for charcoal may further …