The Royal Society recently launched its new project: People and the Planet: the role of global population in sustainable development and is now seeking evidence to inform the study.
§ The Royal Society science policy centre Population study aims are to provide policy guidance to decision makers and inform interested members of the public based on a dispassionate assessment of the best available evidence. The scope of the study will be global and it will explicitly acknowledge regional variations in population dynamics. It will consider the implications of population decline as well as growth.
§ We are particularly interested in receiving evidence from the Oceans community on:
§ country/regional population trends (migration, urbanisation, population density etc) and implications for ocean resources;
§ the implications of these trends for national and international sustainable development objectives;
§ evidence relating to human population changes (ie fertility rates, mortality, urbanisation, migration) and interactions/feedbacks with the natural environment and natural resource availability and quality (eg biodiversity, fisheries, etc). Here we are also interested in how the ocean environment and ocean resources can influence population;
§ Case studies or examples of where policies, economics, social or cultural influences have had positive or negative impacts on population at the country or regional level.
More information about the study, and the call for evidence, can be found on our website: http://royalsociety.org/People-and-the-Planet/
The original deadline for submissions was 1 October, however submissions are still being accepted.
The study is due to be completed in early 2012.
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