title: The environment and population growth: decade for action.
abstract: The signs of environmental stress grow as the world's population increases: worn-out farmlands, eroded hillsides, polluted water, parched grasslands, smoke-laden air, depleted ozone, and treeless ranges. Each year about 17 million hectares of tropical forest vanish--an area the size of Tunisia or Uruguay. Fish catches are leveling off. Cities are clogged with refuse. Water and air, instead of sustaining life, cause disease.
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003906:Developing Countries; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011155:Population Control; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D014505:Urban Population