ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss U.N. Report Warning of Overpopulation Crisis.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001 TOPIC: An annual report from the United Nations Population Fund estimated that the world population will reach 9.3 billion within the next 50 years, according to an article by MSNBC. The report warns that a growing population that continues to use up resources at an unprecedented rate will face disastrous consequences. The report predicted that by 2050, 4.2 billion people will live in countries that will not have enough water to meet each person's daily requirements and food production will need to be doubled. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. John Reeve REEVE. The name of an ancient English officer of justice, inferior in rank to an alderman. 2. He was a ministerial officer, appointed to execute process, keep the king's peace, and put the laws in execution. , of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is an expert in environment science and population dynamics Population dynamics is the study of marginal and long-term changes in the numbers, individual weights and age composition of individuals in one or several populations, and biological and environmental processes influencing those changes. . 318/473-7202 Professor Ronald Rindfuss, of the University of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Department of Sociology Noun 1. department of sociology - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology sociology department academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject , can share his expertise sociology, population and environment. 919/966-5558 Mr. William W. Stelle, Jr., attorney/partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , has more than 20 years of environmental and land use law experience, most recently as Northwest regional director of the National Marine Fisheries Services The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is a United States federal agency. A division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Commerce, NMFS is responsible for the stewardship and management of the nation's living marine , where he managed the listing of endangered en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. salmon under the Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531 et seq.) was enacted to protect animal and plant species from extinction by preserving the ecosystems in which they survive and by providing programs for their conservation. . He has negotiated numerous conservation agreements with large and small landowners and developers, public water and power utilities, tribal government and federal agencies. He has also served as the Associated Director for Natural Resources with the President's Office on Environmental Policy and was special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior. PR: Sandi Sonnenfeld, Publicis Dialog (ssonnenfeld@publicis-usa.com, 206/270-4659). ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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