Population sustainability advocate Paul Ehrlich, co-author of ‘The Population Bomb’, dies at 93

Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is mourning the death of Paul Ehrlich, aged 93, co-author with his wife Anne of the 1968 seminal book The Population Bomb.

• Dr Paul R Ehrlich was former Professor Emeritus of Population Studies at Stanford University’s Department of Biology.
• Ehrlich was a panellist on the ABC program ‘QandA’ in 2015, advocating on behalf of a sustainable population. SPA patrons Bob Carr and Tim Flannery were also past panellists on the program.

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