What’s happening to human numbers – and what should happen – is a hot topic again. Mohan Rao and Sara Parkin go head to head.
Mohan Rao is Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. A medical doctor specializing in public health, he has written extensively on the history and politics of health and population.
Sara Parkin is a Principal Associate with The Sustainability Literacy Project and a new board member of the British-based Population Matters. She has written several books, the latest being The Positive Deviant.
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