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Miriam Rose at 21:35, 7 February 2012

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Melissa Jones at 11:29, 15 December 2011

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 ==Resources==
-[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/53-climate-change/5335-attenboroughs-political-foray-criticised-as-simplistic Attenborough's Political Foray Criticised as Simplistic] Spinwatch website, 14 December 2009.
+*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/53-climate-change/5335-attenboroughs-political-foray-criticised-as-simplistic Attenborough's Political Foray Criticised as Simplistic] Spinwatch website, 14 December 2009.
-[http://www2.lse.ac.uk/socialPolicy/BSPS/pdfs/2011_RadStats.pdf Moral panic about overpopulation: a distracting campaign?] Radical Statistics Population Studies group, presented at the British Society for
+*[http://www2.lse.ac.uk/socialPolicy/BSPS/pdfs/2011_RadStats.pdf Moral panic about overpopulation: a distracting campaign?] Radical Statistics Population Studies group, presented at the British Society for
 Population Studies annual conference, York, 7-9 September 2010.
 ==Notes==

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 :It’s always been obvious that total emissions depend on the number of emitters as well as their individual emissions – the carbon tonnage can’t shoot down as we want, while the population keeps shooting up.<ref>Richard Pindar, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6161742/Contraception-cheapest-way-to-combat-climate-change.html Contraception Cheapest Way to combat Climate Change], The Telegraph, 9th Sept 09, acc 9 May 2010</ref>
-In September 2010 the Radical Statistics Population Studies group presented a paper critiquing the science behind the claims of Population Matters at the [[British Society for Population Studies]] annual conference in York. Their website explains:
+In September 2011 the Radical Statistics Population Studies group presented a paper critiquing the science behind the claims of Population Matters at the [[British Society for Population Studies]] annual conference in York. Their website explains:
 :Radical Statistics’ Population group of UK demographers/population scientists and statisticians, have examined the claims and policy of Population Matters finding them guilty of frequent overstatement, rhetoric and one-sided assertion rather than evidence that population growth is the main cause of environmental threats. Like others concerned about overpopulation before them, Population Matters promote policies that erroneously focus on the groups who consume the least. The Radical Statistics group calls on high profile patrons of Population Matters to reconsider their support, including the naturalists and broadcasters [[David Attenborough]] and [[Chris Packham]], environmental campaigner [[Jonathan Porritt]], and senior academic and cultural figures.<ref>Radical Statistics website [http://radstats.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/moral-panic-about-overpopulation-the-distracting-campaign-of-population-matters/ Moral panic about overpopulation: the distracting campaign of Population Matters] October 27th, 2011. Accessed 14/12/11</ref>
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 ==Population Matters' view on consumption levels==
 The Population Matters website does address levels of consumption in affluent countries, saying:
 :Population Matters' overall task is to enable people to recognise the links between the quality of life and environmental destruction and (a) high population levels; (b) wasteful consumption; and (c) poor technology. Population Matters concentrates on (a) because other environmental organisations dangerously neglect this component. In addition it is a subject which until recently has been shunned by the media. Seeking to reshape people's reproductive behaviour, however democratically, involves the intimate decisions of individuals and is seen as an infringement of human rights. Population Matters believes that all other human rights and needs will suffer if this issue continues to be ignored.<ref>[http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html What is the Optimum Population Trust?], Population Matters website, acc 13 May 2010</ref>
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 I.e it is the current unsustainable level of resource consumption that is the main problem, not the sheer number of humans irrespective of their varying impacts.
-With no credible scientific backing to support the environmental impacts of increasing the UK's population Population Matters' policies such as zero net migration and taxation of larger families can be seen as a right wing stance which plays dangerously into the campaigns of nationalist and fascist parties such as the [[British National Party]] and the [[UK Independence Party]].
+With no credible scientific backing to support the environmental impacts of increasing the UK's population Population Matters' policies such as zero net migration can be seen as a right wing stance which plays dangerously into the campaigns of nationalist and fascist parties such as the [[British National Party]] and the [[UK Independence Party]].
 ==Contraception as carbon offsetting==
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 ====Circa December 2011====
 *[[Maggie Avison]] Charity sector professional, currently taking time out to study for a postgraduate degree.
 *[[Stephen Bown]] Professor of Laser Medicine at University College London.
 *[[Venetia Caine]] Currently Newswatch editor, after working in the civil and probation services, teaching, campaigning and voluntary work.
 *[[Nina Clarke]] International training consultant in language and skills.
 *[[Colin Gallagher]] Chair of a leading UK economic research and strategy consultancy.
 *[[Nick Reeves]] OBE Executive Director of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and writer on environmental affairs.<ref>Population Matters' website, Our People section [http://populationmatters.org/about/our-people/trustees/?phpMyAdmin=e11b8b687c20198d9ad050fbb1aa7f2f Trustees] Accessed 14/12/11</ref>
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 ====Former members of advisory council====
-*[[Nick Reeves]],   Executive Director of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and writer on environmental affairs.
+*[[Nick Reeves]],   Executive Director of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and writer on environmental affairs (became a trustee).
 *[[Catherine Budgett-Meakin]], Senior Advisor, Population & Sustainability Network (supported by the Margaret Pyke Memorial Trust). Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 6 February 2006<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060215081838/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Population Matters], Population Matters website, version placed in web archive 15 Feb 2010, acc in web archive May 10 2010</ref>, no longer a member by May 2010<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>
 *[[Martin Chilcott]], Chairman & CEO, Meltwater Ventures & 2degrees. Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 6 February 2006<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060215081838/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Population Matters], Population Matters website, version placed in web archive 15 Feb 2010, acc in web archive May 10 2010</ref> By May 2010 he had resigned.<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>

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 ===Board of Trustees===
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 *[[Roger Martin]], CHAIR OF TRUSTEES, was a senior diplomat, resigning 20 years ago; becoming a leading environmentalist in the South-West and serving on many green NGOs and quangos.
 *Professor [[Stephen Bown]] Professor of Laser Medicine at University College London
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 *[[Yvette Willey]], Company Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Secretary. Yvette Willey has been with Population Matters since its foundation and is a businesswoman with treasury and accounts experience. <ref>Optimum Population Trust [http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Us], Accessed 06/12/09</ref>
-====circa December 2011====
+====Circa December 2011====
 *[[Maggie Avison]] Charity sector professional, currently taking time out to study for a postgraduate degree.

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	==Resources==		==Resources==
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		+	[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/53-climate-change/5335-attenboroughs-political-foray-criticised-as-simplistic Attenborough's Political Foray Criticised as Simplistic] Spinwatch website, 14 December 2009.
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		+	[http://www2.lse.ac.uk/socialPolicy/BSPS/pdfs/2011_RadStats.pdf Moral panic about overpopulation: a distracting campaign?] Radical Statistics Population Studies group, presented at the British Society for
		+	Population Studies annual conference, York, 7-9 September 2010.

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 *[[Roger Martin]], CHAIR OF TRUSTEES, was a senior diplomat, resigning 20 years ago; becoming a leading environmentalist in the South-West and serving on many green NGOs and quangos.
 *Professor [[Stephen Bown]] Professor of Laser Medicine at University College London
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 *[[Pippa Hayes]] Full-time general practitioner in Devon and mother of two teenage boys.
 *[[Roger Martin]], Chair. Former senior diplomat, leading environmentalist in the South-West serving on many green NGOs and quangos.
 *[[Nick Reeves]] OBE Executive Director of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and writer on environmental affairs.<ref>Population Matters' website, Our People section [http://populationmatters.org/about/our-people/trustees/?phpMyAdmin=e11b8b687c20198d9ad050fbb1aa7f2f Trustees] Accessed 14/12/11</ref>
 ===Advisory Council===

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 *[[Valerie Stevens]]   former Co-chair and Chair of Population Matters, Valerie Stevens also worked in [[Friends of the Earth]] for 20 years, five of them spent as an elected member of the board of directors, and has long experience of political campaigning.<ref>Population Matters' website, Our People section [http://populationmatters.org/about/our-people/advisory-council/?phpMyAdmin=e11b8b687c20198d9ad050fbb1aa7f2f Advisory Council] Accessed 14/12/11</ref>
-====Formers member of advisory council====
+====Former members of advisory council====
 *[[Nick Reeves]],   Executive Director of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and writer on environmental affairs.
 *[[Catherine Budgett-Meakin]], Senior Advisor, Population & Sustainability Network (supported by the Margaret Pyke Memorial Trust). Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 6 February 2006<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060215081838/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Population Matters], Population Matters website, version placed in web archive 15 Feb 2010, acc in web archive May 10 2010</ref>, no longer a member by May 2010<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>
 *[[Martin Chilcott]], Chairman & CEO, Meltwater Ventures & 2degrees. Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 6 February 2006<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060215081838/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Population Matters], Population Matters website, version placed in web archive 15 Feb 2010, acc in web archive May 10 2010</ref> By May 2010 he had resigned.<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>
 *[[Rosamund McDougall]], Former Co-chair and Policy Director of Population Matters, writer and speaker on population issues, publisher, international financial journalist (The Banker, Financial Times) and campaigner (Family Planning Association). Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 14 Dec 2007.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080104030952/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Us], Population Matters website, version updated 14 December 2007, placed in web archive January 4 2008, accessed in web archive 10 May 2010</ref> No longer a member by May 2010.<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>
-*[[Rajamani Nagarajah]], Health and development consultant to the [[European Commission]] and former Director of [[Population Concern]].Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 6 February 2006<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060215081838/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Population Matters], Population Matters website, version placed in web archive 15 Feb 2010, acc in web archive May 10 2010</ref>. By May 2010 he had resigned.<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>
+*[[Rajamani Nagarajah]], Health and development consultant to the [[European Commission]] and former Director of [[Population Concern]]. Listed as a member of the advisory council on Population Matters website, version updated 6 February 2006<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060215081838/http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Population Matters], Population Matters website, version placed in web archive 15 Feb 2010, acc in web archive May 10 2010</ref>. By May 2010 he had resigned.<ref>Email from Population Matters to SpinProfiles editors, 8 May 2010</ref>
 ===Others===

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 ==Affiliations==
-The Population Matters is a partner in the [[Global Footprint Network]].<ref>Optimum Population Trust [http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Us], Accessed 06/12/09</ref>
+Population Matters is a partner in the [[Global Footprint Network]].<ref>Optimum Population Trust [http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.aboutus.html About Us], Accessed 06/12/09</ref>
 ==People==

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 :The critical challenge is reducing the massive over-consumption of resources by people in rich nations. Rich countries have a legal and moral responsibility to lead on tackling climate change by making huge and swift cuts in their own emissions.<ref>Friends of the Earth. 'Rich countries must cut their own emissions instead of paying to offset CO2'. December 4, 2009</ref>
-Following this criticism the Pop offsets website has changed it's wording. As the Radical Statisticians note;
+Following this criticism the Pop offsets website has changed its wording. As the Radical Statisticians note;
-:It is now offered with an emphasis that the decision to donate is one of “conscience not science”, but the unscientific calculations that balance consumption with unborn
+:It is now offered with an emphasis that the decision to donate is one of “conscience not science”, but the unscientific calculations that balance consumption with unborn children remain part of the donation process and are indeed at the heart of the OPT perspective.<ref>John Bibby, Sylvie Dubuc, Michael Grayer, Diana Kornbrot, Alan Marshall, Ludi Simpson and Paul Norman. Moral panic about overpopulation: a distracting campaign? Radical Statistics Population Studies group, presented at the British Society for Population Studies annual conference, York, 7-9 September 2010.</ref>
-Carbon offsetting is a neo-liberal market based solution to climate change, which advocates the continuation of carbon intense, and polluting industry and lifestyles in the West, offset by projects which aim to prevent or reduce carbon emissions, usually in the global South.
+Carbon offsetting is a neoliberal market based solution to climate change, which advocates the continuation of carbon intense, and polluting industry and lifestyles in the West, offset by projects which aim to prevent or reduce carbon emissions, usually in the global South.
 A BBC [[Horizon]] special hosted by [[David Attenborough]] on 9 December 2009 further explored the idea of population control for carbon reduction.