Global population dynamics—such as urbanization, “youth bulge,” migration, and the spread of HIV/AIDS—can affect political stability and violent conflict. ECSP’s Population, Health, and Environment Initiative explores the linkages among reproductive health, infectious disease, and natural resource management, within the context of foreign policy and global security.
ECSP shares lessons from population, health, and conservation programs that improve security—environmental, national, and human—by stabilizing population growth, improving access to public health, and encouraging sustainable natural resource management in the developing world. ECSP highlights research and fieldwork that combine both reproductive health and primary health services with natural resource management and conservation programs. Recent meetings and publications have examined the impact of:
Human population growth on biodiversity loss;
Demographic change on human and environmental security; and
Women’s education and healthcare on development and global security.
Key Resources
In consultation with leading PHE organizations, including ECSP, USAID has developed a website on PHE initiatives around the world, and a free online course (registration required) teaching the basics of PHE.
Video: "Population, Health, and Environment: Exploring the Connections" by Lori Hunter, is now on YouTube.
News New Security Beat Wins Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting
NOVEMBER 2008—The Environmental Change and Security Program's blog, New Security Beat, has won a 2008 Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting in the category of "Best Online Commentary." The project—which features analysis, podcasts, and video—joins a roster of winners that includes Reuters, CNN, and the BBC.
Events Field Trips: Population-Health-Environment Projects in Kenya, DRC, and Madagascar
Thursday, October 23 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Dario Merlo, Project Coordinator, Community Centered Conservation, Jane Goodall Institute, DRC; Janet Edmond, Director of Population-Environment Programs, Conservation International; Sam Weru, National Coordinator, Eastern African Marine Ecoregion Programme, World Wildlife Fund
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Fertile Fringes: Population Growth at Protected-Area Edges
Wednesday, October 22 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Justin Brashares, Assistant Professor, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley; George Wittemyer, Assistant Professor, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University; Jason Bremner, Program Director, Population, Health, and Environment Program, Population Reference Bureau
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The Health of Ethiopia: An Update by Ethiopia's Health Minister
Monday, October 20 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Dr. Tedros Adhanom will remark upon U.S.-Ethiopian Health Partnerships; Recent Health Innovations; and the Health-Related Impacts of the Food, Fuel, and Finance Crises.
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Population, Health, and Environment: Value Added From an Integrated Development Strategy (Location: Barcelona)
Wednesday, October 08 2008, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Gib Clarke, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Jason Bremner, Population Reference Bureau; Joan Castro, PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.; Sabita Thapa, World Wildlife Fund, Nepal; Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Conservation Through Public Health; John Pielemeier, Independent Consultant
(Location: World Conservation Congress, Barcelona; Room CCIB 122) Event
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Launch of World Watch Magazine’s Population Issue
Tuesday, September 30 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Robert Engelman, Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute; Karen Hardee, Vice President of Research, Population Action International; Thomas Prugh, Editor, World Watch; Sean Peoples, Program Assistant, Environmental Change and Security Program
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Environmental Change and Security Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: ecsp@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4000
Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
T 202/691-4000
