The IUCN’s leadership on population and conservation

We, as a global community, recently made a major leap forward in our conversation about population.  To little fanfare, outside of the conservation community, the International Union for Conservation of Nature passed a motion entitled “Importance for the conservation of nature of removing barriers to rights-based voluntary family planning” making it global policy.  We all owe a debt of gratitude to the IUCN members that spearheaded this effort - the Margaret Pike Trust and the Population and Sustainability Network with consponsors @NNF_Namibia, @NatureUganda, @pheethiopia, @SAWCtweet, @BornFreeFDN, @wti_org_india, and @FZS_Frankfurt.
 
This motion is a critical step forward by the conservation community, which has long discussed the many ways in which human habitats have encroached on, or even annihilated natural habitats.  It is heartening to see that they finally, publicly made the connection between continued population growth and continued loss of habitat and biodiversity.
 
Make sure to give it a read, and get involved.

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