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S. Rowland publish their theory that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) threaten the ozone layer. — The World Population Conference is held in Bucharest, Romania. 1975 The UNEP Regional Seas Programme is created. 1976 The Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution is signed. — The UNEP International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals is established. 1977 The United Nations Conference on Desertification adopts the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification. 1979 The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species is signed.
Indeed, the United Nations Population Division estimates that between 2010 and 2050, nine countries will account for half of the world’s projected population increase: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, China, and Bangladesh. The vast majority of children born each year, perhaps as many as 90 percent, live in developing countries. Population increases have been accompanied by large increases in the consumption of natural resources, including fresh water, forests, topsoil, fish stocks, biodiversity, and fossil fuels.
46 percent from 1990 to 1995,4 this still means a net addition of seventy-eight million people per year. Most of this growth will occur in developing countries, where environmental degradation, and its impact on human health, is already the greatest. Indeed, the United Nations Population Division estimates that between 2010 and 2050, nine countries will account for half of the world’s projected population increase: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, China, and Bangladesh.