Sustainable Population Australia
- Sustainable Population Australia
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) (formerly Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population) is an Australian special interest group, founded in Canberra in 1988, which seeks to establish a "ecologically sustainable" human population (Australia's population recently passed 21 million). SPA claims that it is an "ecological group dedicated to preserving species' habitats globally and in Australia from the degradation caused by human population growth", and that it "works on many fronts to encourage informed public debate about how Australia and the world can achieve an ecologically sustainable population".
SPA argues that population growth exacerbates Australia's water shortage and adds to greenhouse gas emissions.
SPA also seeks to highlight what it claims are the negative economic effects of population growth, such as increased housing costs, lower wages and living standards, and opposes the current historically high level of immigration to Australia. The SPA website contains further information on its policies and claims.
SPA also opposes plans by the government to increase population growth with the Baby Bonus, a payout to parents who have children. [http://www.population.org.au/media/mediarels/mr20061023.pdf]
To celebrate its 20th anniversary SPA is organising a conference"Population, Peak Oil, Climate Change: their impact on the Millennium Development Goals" 14-15 March 2008 in Canberra. See www.population.org.au/events
External links
* [http://www.population.org.au/ Sustainable Population Australia]
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