Earth Day - April 22, 2007
Celebrating People and the Planet
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Melogen Tipon is one of 25 family planning volunteers in Roxas who have been trained by a USAID-funded PHE Project.
Source: World Wildlife Fund |
Earth Day was launched 37 years ago to demonstrate the American public's commitment to protecting their precious land, air, and water resources. Today, as members of the global community, we are facing larger issues like climate change, devastating natural disasters, melting ice caps, and dwindling resources and species. It is again time to demonstrate the American public's commitment to the global environment.
With the theme “Celebrating People and the Planet,” April 22, 2007 offered USAID the opportunity to highlight its Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) programs that work toward a sustainable balance between people, animals, and the planet in regions critically important to the conservation of biologically diverse ecosystems.
Population, Health, and Environment Success Stories
Source: World Wildlife Fund |
Successful Communities From Ridge to Reef in the Philippines
Read about the USAID-funded PHE project that provides reproductive health services in key areas where population growth has serious impacts on natural resources and biodiversity. |
Source: Conservation International/Wayne McCallum |
Linking Population, Health, and the Environment in Cambodia
The jungle-clad slopes of the Cardamom Mountains of Southwest Cambodia are experiencing rising levels of forest destruction and wildlife hunting, which is threatening to undermine the natural and indigenous values of the region. Read more about what is causing this and how USAID and Conservation International are helping to fix it. |
Source: World Wildlife Fund |
The Chandani Women's Group in the Kiunga Marine National Reserve (KMNR), Kenya This program's goal is to improve the health and quality of life of the local Bajuni community. The community’s well-being directly contributes to the conservation of the KMNR’s marine resources. One such endeavor has been to improve access to and informed use of family planning. |
Source: IPOPCORM |
Our Sea Is Our Life
Read how the IPOPCORM Project integrated family planning and reproductive health into coastal resource management in the Philippines. |
Source: World Wildlife Fund |
World Wildlife Fund’s PHE Program in Madagascar
Read how WWF, with funding from USAID, partnered with Action Santé Organisation Secours (ASOS) to implement a population, health, and environment (PHE) project that aims to address the problems in Spiny Forest by building community awareness of family planning options, providing counseling and access, and simultaneously initiating sound natural resources management practices and sustainable livelihood strategies. |
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