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Population growth. Water scarcity. Degraded ecosystems. Forced migration. Resource depletion. Pandemic disease. Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has explored the connections among these major challenges and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Through publications, meetings, and events, ECSP promotes dialogue about the environmental, health, and population dynamics that affect both developing and developed nations. Learn more about ECSP.
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News
Conservation NGO Breaks Down Barriers Between Family Planning, Health, Conservation
NOVEMBER 2008—Vancouver Conference Features “Poverty, Population Growth, and Consumerism” Theme
Close Quarters: Population-Climate Panel Draws Crowd at Society of Environmental Journalists’ Annual Conference
OCTOBER 2008—Panel Is Unique in Focusing on Population
Memo: Next Administration Needs a Government-Wide Development Strategy
In a new paper, A Memo to the Next President, Senior Scholar John W. Sewell and Karin Bencala advise the next U.S. president to bring the nation's international development efforts into sharper focus.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Protected Areas Attract People, But Population Growth May Hurt Parks
OCTOBER 2008—Science Authors Speak at Wilson Center
Thomas Friedman: U.S. Can Lead the Green Revolution and Renew Itself
The United States has a golden opportunity right now to regain its standing in the world by taking the lead on the world's biggest problems: climate change, population growth, rising energy demand, and biodiversity loss. It also has the best chance of succeeding, says Thomas Friedman in his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded.
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Event Summaries
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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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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Governance of Marine Ecosystem-Based Management: A Comparative Analysis
Monday, September 29 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Nygiel B. Armada, Fisheries Management Advisor, Fisheries Improved for Sustainable Harvests (FISH) Project, Tetra Tech; Patrick Christie, Assistant Professor, School of Marine Affairs and Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington; Robin Mahon, Professor of Marine Affairs and Director of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), University of the West Indies, Barbados; Alan White, Senior Scientist, Global Marine Initiative, The Nature Conservancy
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Book Discussion—Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America
Monday, September 29 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
with author Thomas L. Friedman, foreign affairs columnist, New York Times. This event will take place in the Atrium Hall in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
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