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World Service,18 Jul 1996,27 mins

The View from the Population Peak

Ten Billion or Bust

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The world's population is set to double in our children's lifetimes. How can our planet support and feed all these people? The ecological problems, including those brought about by more and more people eating meat, and what we can do about them.

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