World population crisis – don’t focus on figures

As world population reaches the day (31st October 2011) when it is estimated there are 7-billion humans on the planet, HFP’s Senior Research fellow, Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, tells The Independent Newspaper that numbers are not the issue to focus on, but how we reduce vulnerability by the way we prepare, reduce risks and respond to humanitarian crises.

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http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/31/population-7-billion-a-time-for-the-right-questions/

http://bikyamasr.com/47013/7-billion-a-time-for-the-right-questions/