Date:    Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:12:49 -0400
From:    Kevin Hutton 
Subject: 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

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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

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