Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:12:49 -0400 From: Kevin HuttonSubject: Online Resources - Six Billion Human Beings on Earth Marking a World Population of 6 Billion: A Collection of Online Resources http://www.cnie.org/billion October 5, 1999 [ HTML version of this email can be found at http://www.cnie.org/updates/61.htm ] Although we do not know precisely when the number of humans on the planet will reach 6 billion, it will likely occur some time around the October 12, 1999 date selected by the United Nations Population Fund to commemorate this important milestone. To help you better understand the many issues related to the world's population at 6 billion, the online National Library for the Environment has assembled a number of informational resources at which we invite you to explore and learn from. Among the resources assembled are: >From the United Nations Population Fund: The State of World Population 1999 - 6 Billion A Time for Choices. 6 Billion Day -- UNFPA Fast Facts, The Numbers, The Issues, News, Events & Activities, Multimedia, Links & Resources, an opportunity to submit your own views directly to the UN. World Population Estimates and Projections -- The 1998 Revision Included are numerous articles from such sources as the BBC, PBS, Chicago Tribune, Reuters, Associated Press,Hoover Institute and KTEH, The Edmund Sun, ENN, MSNBC, The Earth Times, National Wildlife Federation, Worldwatch Institute and many more. Also included are many web-based resources from the sources as the Mus=E9um National d'Histoire in Paris, Population Action International, Population Reference Bureau and National Peace Corps Association, The Population Institute and The Sierra Club, People and the Planet, Zero Population Growth and others. And the National Library for the Environment=92s own Population and Environment Linkages service includes extensive information resources on many subjects such as air & climate, biodiversity, demography, energy, coasts & oceans, development & economics, food & agriculture, forests & deforestation, freshwater, health, land use, population movements, urbanization, wetlands and much, much more . . . Find reports, books, papers, maps, datasets, slideshows..... -- Kevin Hutton, Webmaster Committee for the National Institute for the Environment 1725 K St. NW Suite 212 Washington, DC 20006 http://www.cnie.org ------------------------------ Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 2 Oct 1999 to 3 Oct 1999 To: Recipients of ECOLOG-L digests