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Population growth and Conservation organizations, with particular reference to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)

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Although the percentage growth rate of world population has declined recently, a further doubling to ten billion before stabilization is projected. Prompt action to reduce this figure is needed, but some environmental and development organizations are equivocal about this. The World Conservation Strategy, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), does not call for action on population growth, and the history of a recent IUCN paper,Human Populations and the World Conservation Strategy, suggests that the IUCN does not regard direct action to check population growth as urgent. However, there are recent indications that a clearer commitment may be developing.

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  1. The Conservation Trust, 10 Broadlands Avenue, TW17 9DQ, Shepperton, Middlesex, England

    John Davoll

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John Davoll, Ph.D., was lately director of the Conservation Society, now succeeded by The Conservation Trust. The author wishes to thank Jack Parsons for many helpful discussions during the preparation of this paper.

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Davoll, J. Population growth and Conservation organizations, with particular reference to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Popul Environ 10, 107–114 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01359136

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