Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population

October 13, 1999 Wednesday 8pm, Dr Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb (1968), etc., of Stanford University USA, was to give a lecture "Population and Environment:  Today and in the Next Century." Discussion panel: Prof. Harry Recher, natural sciences; Prof. Linda Kristjanson, nursing and public health; Mr Bob Pearce (ex ALP State Minister) of Forest Industries Federation; and Dr Monique Gagnon, environmental health.  Government House Ballroom, St George's Ter, Perth.  Bookings must be made by 8 October to the Edith Cowan University corporate affairs office, 9273 8083, fax 9273 8046, e-mail h.shilkin§cowan.edu.au  -- advert. in The West Australian, Sat Oct 2 99, p 18.  His academic homepage is at: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology/faculty/ehrlich.html  To read both sides of the population discussion, click http://aloha.net/~jhanson/page27.htm  To get an opponent's viewpoint, click: http://www.overpopulation.com/paul_ehrlich.html

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PUBLIC  MEETING and Annual General Meeting of
Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population Inc. (WA branch) was  successfully held on
Sunday 18 April 1999, 2.00 p.m.
"The Palms," Cnr Nicholson and Rokeby Roads and Thomas Street, Subiaco
Dr Thomas Hatton:  "Landscape degradation in Australia: Implications for Sustainable Development"
A leading scientist working on the salinity-landscape degradation relationship, Tom Hatton made headline news in The West Australian recently with the warning that much of the land affected by salinity may never be recovered
Ken Robertson:  "Populate and perish"
Economist and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Education and Law at the University of Western Australia.  His research focuses on Housing and Industrial Development.  He has a particular interest in developing countries.  Contact: Jack Griffin or 08 9386 1890