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Betsy Hartmann is professor emerita of development studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
A longstanding activist in the international women's health movement, she writes and speaks frequently on the nexus between international population, environment and security concerns.
Her books include Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control and the political thriller The Truth about Fire about the Far Right in the U.S. and Europe.
See http://popdev.hampshire.edu and http://www.BetsyHartmann.com
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SEP 15, 2011 • Article
SUSTAINABILITY FORUM: The Population and Sustainability Debate
According to UN projections, our world will be home to more than 9 billion people by 2050, increasing competition for livable space and critical resources such as ...