Africa Publications
Issue 21: Population, Health, and Environment in Ethiopia
Jul 07, 2011Severely eroded and deforested, Ethiopia's land is increasingly turning to desert, due to the country's high population growth, unsustainable land use, and lack of land ownership. Featuring footage from Sean Peoples' trip to Ethiopia last year, this video looks at the efforts of two projects to address the country's complex challenges with integrated solutions. more
Special Report: Population, Development, and Environment in Ethiopia
Jul 07, 2011The key to achieving sustainable growth in Ethiopia lies in reducing the rate of population growth, managing the environment, and building the platform for development, writes Sahlu Haile. more
PECS News Issue 2 (Spring 2000)
Jul 07, 2011PECS News Issue 2 includes reports from events on environmental security in Africa, an article on integrating gender into WWF's programs in Nepal, and a review of Gunther Baechler's Violence Through Environmental Discrimination. more
Issue 20: Helping Hands: A Livelihood Approach to Population, Health, and Environment Programs
Jul 07, 2011Gib Clarke argues that the population-health-environment (PHE) community must solidify its research base, reach out to new partners, and push for flexible funding and programming. In addition, he writes that PHE programs should add livelihoods as a critical element. more
Bridging the Chasm: Helping People and the Environment Across Africa
Jul 07, 2011This commentary is an edited transcript of an address Dr. Goodall gave to a Washington policy audience at the Woodrow Wilson Center on 3 April 2003. more
PECS News Issue 1 (Fall 1999)
Jul 07, 2011The first issue of PECS News features an article on population dynamics and migration in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Mexico by University of Michigan Fellows Program Associate Jenny Ericson. more
Issue 19: The Integration Imperative: How to Improve Development Programs by Linking Population, Health, and Environment
Jul 07, 2011Author Roger-Mark De Souza provides some observations from his decade-long experience with emerging population-health-environment (PHE) projects around the world, and offers recommendations for future directions. more
A Southern African Perspective on Transboundary Water Resource Management
Jul 07, 2011Southern Africa’s transboundary rivers and their associated ecosystems could become either drivers of peace and economic integration or sources of endemic conflict, writes Anthony Turton. more
Finding the Source: Exploring the Population/Water Resources Nexus in the Developing World
Jul 07, 2011This article explores the population/water resources nexus by using empirical examples from Africa in order to isolate some of the strategically important issues that policymakers should recognize. more
