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The Role of Bread in Maintaining the Egyptian State

5 September 2016

Egypt is remembered around the world for the events of the “Arab Spring” of January-February 2011, centred around Tahrir Square which saw President Mubarak stand down. Since then there have been further upheavals and a continuing insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula. Social unrest remains a [read more]

Climate Change and Population Pressures in West Africa

31 August 2016

The effects of climate change have been cited as the main cause of the problems of northern Nigeria, currently impacted by the conflict with Boko Haram. Fasona and Omojola found that, “there seems to be a very connection between climate change and the pattern of communal clashes in the [read more]

Peak Population: What it Means for Global Resources, Part 1

30 November 2014

We are reproducing (with permission) this article from visualcapitalist.com because of the excellent graphics. Presented by: Gainesville Coins Even with having existed for millions of years, the process for humans to reach 1 billion in population was long and arduous. It is only about 12,000 [read more]

Optimum Population Trust Critical of UK Population Policy (2008)

2 November 2008

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The UK government’s national security strategy recognises many of the new environmental symptoms of global insecurity but ignores their root cause, the Optimum Population Trust said on March 19, 2008. David Nicholson-Lord, OPT research associate, said: “Talking about threats to national [read more]

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