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FROM VOLUME 6, NUMBER 12, DECEMBER 1993
Population growth was the topic of a meeting held in New Delhi last
October by scientific academies of the world. Most signed a statement calling
for zero population growth "within the lifetime of our children." (See
Reports/Gen. Int.) A notable exception was the African Academy of Sciences,
which holds that population growth is not a problem in Africa, and that
population remains an important resource for development there. The United
Nations will hold a major conference on population and development next
September in Cairo. (See Nature, p. 3, Nov. 4 1993; New Scientist, p.
8, Nov. 6 1993; Global Environ. Change Rep., pp. 1-3 (feature article), Nov.
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