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04/13/2009: "Sir David Attenborough warns on population"

On joining the Optimum Population Trust, Sir David said growth in human numbers was "frightening".

Sir David has been increasingly vocal about the need to reduce the number of people on Earth to protect wildlife.

The Trust, which accuses governments and green groups of observing a taboo on the topic, say they are delighted to have Sir David as a patron.

[ I expect Sir David would get along well with Pentti Linkola - but the problem with simply saying the population needs reducing is that it is the better people who are likely to go childless using this as an excuse - and that ironically increases the resources to breed countless more of the most useless element of humanity. ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7996230.stm