Every country can do something now to assure a liveable environment for generations to come.
To varying degrees, all countries can conserve natural resources, use cleaner production technologies, manage resource supply and demand better, and slow population growth. In many developing countries slowing population growth is an important way to protect the environment and preserve natural resources. 1 Supporting family planning programs helps to slow population growth. As more couples plan births, fertility falls and population growth slows, thus easing human pressures on the environment. 2 Slowing population growth relieves pressures on many natural resources.