{"id":1030,"date":"2012-04-04T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/2012\/04\/04\/ed4\/"},"modified":"2012-04-04T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T16:42:01","slug":"ed4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/ed4\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Debates 4: How do we feed 9 billion people in 2050?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1029\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"ED4logo\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ED4logo.jpg\" height=\"150\" width=\"107\" \/>Date<\/strong>: 11 April 2012<strong><br \/>Time<\/strong>: 1930 GMT<br \/><strong>Location<\/strong>: Natural History Museum, London<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/natureplus\/thread\/5669?tstart=0\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the debate live!<\/a><\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">As  world population rises we are facing increasing challenges to find  suitable land and harness enough water to produce more food. How do we  meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population with a  sustainable and secure supply of food?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">While  the actual growth figures are subject to debate, there is little  dispute that the projected increase in human population size, combined  with the uneven distribution of resources, will put unprecedented  pressure on sustainable development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The  risks of applying grand \u2018conventional\u2019 thinking to the problem are also  emerging, such as the loss of essential natural services when large  areas of land are farmed for single crops. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">What  are the options for finding a balance between the demands of a growing  population and maintaining an environment that can provide the essential  services, food, water and raw materials for a sustainable future?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 11 April 2012Time: 1930 GMTLocation: Natural History Museum, London Watch the debate live! As world population rises we are facing increasing challenges to find suitable land and harness enough water to produce more&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshops-meetings-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ED4logo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earthsummit2012.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}