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Main
United Nations page on population information. It links to reports
on population and development in various countries, the trends page,
directory
of institutes of the world, you can buy wall charts on population, on
abortion,
on contraception. The primo site.
URL:
http://www.undp.org/popin/popin.htm
Population
clock on-line Facing the Future Organisations on-line, real-time world
population clock. It counts the number of people being added to the
earth
right now. Bookmark and revisit it to watch the world population
increase before your very eyes!
URL:
http://www.facingthefuture.org/index2.htm
Teaching
Resource - Population ethics. The 'Facing the Future' organisation
promotes discussion on human population growth and a sustainable
future.
This page poses some allegorical ethical dilemmas students from around
12 to 16 can put themselves in, and then discuss.
URL:
http://www.facingthefuture.org/teacherscorner/teach-5.htm
Teaching
Resource - Population Impacts Teachers discussion questions,
activities,
research assignments on population impacts for age 15-18 years on 5.
Topics
related to population and sustainability from the 'Facing the Future'
organisation.
These learning areas conform to various USA geography and curriculum
standards
aimed at aquiring knowledge of specific topics within the geography
subject
area.
URL:
http://www.facingthefuture.org/teacherscorner/teacher-index.htm
Teacher
and student resource - Population Connection . Opulation Connection, Inc.
offers good summary on line iinformation as
well as orderable educational aids for students and teachers. Use the
site
index for navigation.
URL:
http://www.populationconnection.org/Reports_Publications/
Population
Action International Teaching and student resource includes a quiz,
and information on the impact of population on sustainability.
URL:http://www.populationaction.org
The
State of World Population Report The United Nations
Population
Fund (UNFPA) annual report on new developements in world population.
The
most recent report is 1998. A summary version is available. HTML pages
or a PDF file.
URL:
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/1998/thestate.htm
United
States Census Bureau http://www.census.gov Top rate source of
population data information. The International Programmes Centre data
access
page (People/International) allows you to search any country for
population
statistics, including factors that affect population, such as mortality
and fertility rates and more. Awesome. The Popclock (population clock)
page gives minute
by minute updates of the World population.
URL:http://www.census.gov
Population
Reference Bureau The
Population Reference Bureau A source of population
statistics
and trends -world overviews, regional population statistics, and
an on-line magazine, 'Population Today'. Most is available for sale,
and
there are many resources for teaching - agin, mostly for sale.
URL:http://www.prb.org
Union
of Concerned Scientists population FAQ
FAQ on Population growth. Simple, straightforward, authoratative,
clear.Links
to other parts of the site with further population information.
http://www.ucsusa.org/resources/pop.myths.html
debunks popular myths on population effects and trends
http://www.ucsusa.org/resources/pop.science.html
'the population/environment connection' This is a very good summary
(about
12 printer pages) of the whole population, growth, and available
resources
issue.
Center
for Health Information
USAID information and trends on the population, fertility,
contraception
uptake, health, and Nutrition in around 100 developing countries
URL: http://www.cihi.com
Popular
author interview "What Will It Take" by biologist and writer Paul
Ehrlich.
A 'Mother Jones Magazine' interview about the interconnections between
gender, cultural
roles, and family planning,and population
URL:
http://bsd.mojones.com/mother_jones/SO95/ehrlich.html
Popular
author interview "Visions" by biologist and author Gretchen Daily A
'Mother Jones Magazine' interview about population issues, and the
relationship
to quality of life.
URL:
http://bsd.mojones.com/mother_jones/ND94/hurwitt.html
United
Nations Development Program Worldwide Directory of Population
Institutions
- A worldwide, searcheable directory of population orientated
organisations
URL:
http://www.visitus.com/~unpopdir/default.htm
The
National Wildlife Federation Population page on
population issues and impacts
URL:
http://www.nwf.org/international/pop
The
Population Institute has a world population overview section, news,
politics, and an on-line magazine 'Popline'.
URL:
http://www.populationinstitute.org
The
Population Council page on population issues and trends, and
information
on controlling fertility. Icludes 'Studies in Family Planning', a
professional
journal.
URL:
http://www.popcouncil.org
Environmental
Action and Information Center fact
sheets on population
URL:
http://www.enviro-info.org