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.
Event Summaries Washington, DC, Launch of Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
Tuesday, July 01 2008, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Daniel Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State; Hennie du Toit, Counsellor of Political Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, Washington, DC; Ashbindu Singh, Regional Coordinator, Early Warning and Assessment, UNEP Regional Office for North America (RONA)
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Public Health Management After Natural Disasters
Tuesday, June 17 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Dr. Eric Noji, Chairman, NGH&S LLC; former Chief, Epidemiology, Surveillance and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Frederick Burkle, Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and Dr. Lynn Lawry, Director of Research and Education, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Director, Initiative in Global Women's Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Greening Aid? Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance
Wednesday, June 11 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute (opening remarks); Robert Goodland, formerly of World Bank Group (discussant); Bradley C. Parks, Research Fellow, Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, College of William and Mary; Associate Director, Department of Policy and International Relations, Millennium Challenge Corporation; J. Timmons Roberts, Chancellor Professor of Sociology and Acting Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program, College of William and Mary; Michael J. Tierney, Associate Professor of Government and Director, International Relations Program, College of William and Mary
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From Relief to Development: Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts
Wednesday, June 04 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Ian Askew, Senior Associate, Population Council, and Director, Frontiers in Reproductive Health Program, Population Council; Heidi Lehmann, Senior Gender-Based Violence Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee; Margaret Greene, Director, Population and Social Transitions, International Center for Research on Women (discussant)
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Human, Animal, and Ecosystem Health
Wednesday, May 21 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Founder and CEO, Conservation Through Public Health; Steve Osofsky, Senior Policy Advisor, Wildlife Health, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS); Project Coordinator, Animal Health for the Environment And Development (AHEAD) Initiative, WCS; Deana Clifford, Associate Wildlife Veterinarian, Wildlife Health Center, University of California, Davis; Coordinator, Health for Animals and Livelihood Improvement (HALI) Project
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Issue 16: "Poor Health, Poor Women: How Reproductive Health Affects Poverty"
Does poor reproductive health prevent poor women
from escaping poverty? Despite the plethora of survey data showing that poor households tend to be larger and that poor women tend to have higher rates of fertility, experts have debated whether these conditions cause poverty or are symptoms of poverty. In research conducted for the World Bank, Thomas Merrick and Margaret E. Greene found that poor reproductive health outcomes—early childbearing, maternal mortality/morbidity, and unintended/mistimed pregnancy—have negative effects on overall health, and, under certain circumstances, on education and household well-being. Download File
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