Yahya Kane is a program specialist with the U.N.Fund for Population Activity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Another threat biologists have been battling for years in the Everglades is the area's population of Burmese pythons.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Illegal destruction of the monarch's winter home in Mexico is also blamed for the population drop.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

As the American economy grew,however, businessmen saw China -- with a population of four hundred million people -- as a great market for American products.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

In Utah,which has a bigger population, each nurse is responsible for almost five thousand students.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

For example,in parts of Chobe the large elephant population has actually harmed the environment.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

The Nano is expected to make car ownership possible for more of India's population.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Leaving only a handful that survived. Flight Eleven and One Seventy-Five with the illegal medications that overdosed our population, led us to receive a leave of absence for an unnecessary vacation and we became addicts.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

"It is crucial that national authorities do not rush to give information on source of infection which is not proven by bacteriological analysis, as this spreads unjustified fears in the population all over Europe, and creates problems for our food producers selling products in the EU and outside of the EU."

VOA: special.2011.06.10

The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Mali is low for West Africa, effecting less than two percent of the adult population.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

In the San Francisco Bay area, for example so far this year have been Asian-American - way over their local population.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

About one thousand participants are meeting to find ways of ensuring food security for a rapidly growing world population.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

It is called the initiative for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, where local population would be paid to protect forests.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24