Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) argues that human population growth remains the root cause of the world's most pressing environmental threats. International Condom Day, February 13, provides a platform from which to highlight that the addition of 6 billion people to Earth's human population since 1924 is now threatening the web of life on our blue planet.
Michael Bayliss, Communications Manager for SPA, said, "Peter Scott, founder of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), once reflected the organisation would have saved more wildlife had they spent their money on buying condoms.
"Family planning, reproductive healthcare and contraception are some of humankind's best innovations. Contraception has many social benefits, such as the capacity to have agency on the spacing of one's family and avoid unwanted pregnancies. It also helps our ecological footprint by mitigating the total number of feet."
