Population in the News

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Population News Monday December 11th 2006

U.S. has most prisoners in world due to tough laws
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Sat, 09 Dec) Tough sentencing laws, record numbers of drug offenders and high crime rates have contributed to the United States having the largest prison population and the highest rate of incarceration in the world, according to criminal justice experts.

Green Revolution feeds the world, but not Africa
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mon, 11 Dec) Stanford University scientist Paul Ehrlich thought there was no chance to feed humanity. "Hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now," wrote Ehrlich in his 1968 book "The Population Bomb."

Darfur crisis crosses borders
(The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News: Mon, 11 Dec) For the past three years, Arab militiamen have helped Sudan's government quell a rebellion in Darfur by slaughtering the region's mostly black African population and leaving behind a trail of rape, murder, and destruction. The result: more than 200,000 dead and 2 million displaced in what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian emergency.

Marketing makes inroads in world of virtual reality
(Poughkeepsie Journal: Sun, 10 Dec) One of the hottest target audiences for advertisers today literally is from another world. It's the digital population of an Internet-based virtual reality game, Second Life.

World Treasures Meet the Enemy: It's Us
(RedNova: Mon, 11 Dec) Some of the world's most treasured destinations are in peril. Many are being trashed by mass tourism, with an assist from indifferent government policies and greedy developers. Among them: _Easter Island.

Ethiopia: Economic Indicator - Brief Background On Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
(AllAfrica.com: Mon, 11 Dec) Poverty in Ethiopia is both deep and widespread. With a GDP per capita of USD 100, it ranks at the very bottom of the world in terms of income. Eighty-nine percent of the Ethiopian population lives below the USD two per day poverty line and 46 percent below USD one per day.

NZ First Calls For Population Policy
(Scoop.co.nz: Mon, 11 Dec) New Zealand First is backing the Auckland Regional Council's calls for a long-term national population policy to deal with growth pressures and economic development.

U.S. rails not on track with Third World
(The Argus: Mon, 11 Dec) Dec. 6 - I recently chatted with Rod Diridon about his recent trip to Hong Kong to learn how the rest of the world regards railways.

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