More wood was removed from forests in 2005 than ever before.

Source: Worldwatch Institute

Deforestation and land-use change contributes approximately 25 percent of the carbon emissions that cause climate change.

Source: The Nature Conservancy

"Over half of all Americans live within 50 miles of the coast, in just one fifth (17%) of its land area. Population density on the coasts is five times that of other parts of hte country".

Source: Center for Environment and Population

"Of the nation's ten fastest growing states, half are in the coastal South and another four are in the driest Western areas, making them among the nation's most vulnerable "population-environment" hotspots".

Source: Center for Environment and Population

"The hottest 10 years on record all occurred since 1990, with 2005 the hottest year ever".

Source: The Center for Environment and Population

In sub-Saharan Africa only 26% of students entering secondary school in 2005 were girls.

Source: Richard Ottaway MP

41% of pregnancies globally are unintended.

Source: Richard Ottaway MP

95% of the global population growth is concentrated in the world's poorest countries.

Source: Richard Ottaway MP

Countries in which young adults comprise more than 40% of the population are more than twice as likely to experience civil conflict.

Source: Richard Ottaway MP

Between 1995-2005 USAID's annual allocation for family planning fell from $12 million to $9 million while HIV/AIDS allocation rose from $2 to $74 million. As a result, unwanted births rose from 11% in 1998 to 21% in 2003, and contraceptive users relying on public sector supplies fell from 68% to 53%.

Source: John Cleland, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

According to U.N. data, the average Guinean consumes 89 kilowatt-hours per year-the equivalent to keeping a 60-watt light bulb burning for two months-while the typical American burns up about 158 times that much.

Source: Rukmini Callimachi, The Associated Press

The US has the resources to sustain less than half of its current population of 300 million. If all 6 billion people were to share the world's resources equally, Americans would have to reduce consumption by 80%.

Source: Overpopulation.org

Of the six million pregnancies that occur among American women each year, nearly half are unintended. As a result, American women experience 1.4 million unplanned births and 1.3 million abortions annually.

Source: Guttmacher Institute