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1. • • In 2012, as the human population reached 7 billion, Robert Engelman, President of the Worldwatch Institute, advanced 9 strategies to halt global population growth. He suggested that humanity had to stop short of 9 billion to accomplish environmentally sustainable prosperity.
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   Does population size affect environmental sustainability?

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3. www.scientificamerican.com › article › populationPopulation and Sustainability: Can We Avoid Limiting the ...

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   Jun 1, 2009 · Population and Sustainability: Can We Avoid Limiting the Number of People? Slowing the rise in human numbers is essential for the planet--but it doesn't require population control. By Robert...

   • Author: Robert Engelman

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   Jun 1, 2009 · Population and Sustainability. June 2009. Scientific American 19 (2):22-29. DOI: 10.1038/scientificamericanearth0609-22. Authors: Robert Engelman. Population Institute. Citations (15)...

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   Sep 8, 2023 · Population size is one of the variables that impact environmental sustainability, but hardly the only one. There is concern that addressing the linkage may divert attention from other important drivers of environmental impact ( Bradshaw & Brook, 2014 ; Delacroix, 2022 ; Roberts, 2017 ).

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_EngelmanRobert Engelman - Wikipedia

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   Robert Engelman is an American author and former journalist who writes about the environment and population and serves as Senior Fellow at the Worldwatch Institute. He was President of the institute from 2011 until 2014. His book More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want [1] was published in 2008. [2]

8. www.carnegiecouncil.org › media › articleSUSTAINABILITY FORUM: The Population and Sustainability ...

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   Sep 15, 2011 · A Non-Growing Population Is Necessary for True Sustainability. Robert Engelman Scale and change are fundamental determinants of environmental sustainability, and demographic trends are fundamental to human scale and change.

9. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullA Population Strategy for the Planet - Robert Engelman, 2008

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   Nov 1, 2008 · As part of his calculations, Stern assumes that global population will be around 9 billion by 2050, but U.N. demographers offer projections that vary from 7.8 billion to 10.8 billion by mid-century because of uncertainties related to fertility rates.

10. e360.yale.edu › features › how_environmental_limitsRevisiting Population Growth: The Impact of Ecological Limits

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    Oct 13, 2011 · Published at the Yale School of the Environment. Revisiting Population Growth: The Impact of Ecological Limits. Demographers are predicting that world population will climb to 10 billion later this century.