34 Million Friends was founded by
Lois Abraham and Jane Roberts to gather private contributions for the
United Nations Population Fund, and had gathered $1,957,613.31 in gifts and pledges as of July 4. For the third year in a row, the Bush administration is
withholding $34 million in aid because of
accusations that UNFPA supports China's policy of coercive abortions, despite
evidence to the contrary. UNFPA estimates the money could have helped prevent as many as 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 abortions, 4,700 maternal deaths, and over 77,000 infant deaths.
posted by homunculus
on Jul 18, 2004 -
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The UN Atlas of the Oceans provides information on a wide range of topics relating to the world's oceans, such as geography, economic uses and environmental issues (here's a
BBC article about the atlas.)
Another nice site about the oceans is the
Blue Planet web companion to the gorgeous Discovery/BBC TV series of the same name. Sadly, the
threat to coral reefs may soon rob the oceans of some of their more spectacular biological diversity.
posted by homunculus
on Jun 25, 2002 -
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