HIV/AIDS and the Natural Environment
The global HIV/AIDS pandemic poses challenges in multiple arenas, but at least one research and policy dimension remains little explored: The relationship between HIV/AIDS and the natural environment. (December 2006)

Linking Population, Health, and Environment in Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

 For more than a decade, development practitioners and communities in Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar, have been involved in community-based projects that link family planning, health, and environment efforts. (2006)

Strategies for Sustainable Development: Case Studies of Community-Based Population, Health, and Environment Projects
PRB, in partnership with nongovernmental organizations in the Philippines, has produced five case studies that document approaches to the implementation of integrated population, health, and environment programs. The interactive nature of the case studies, which include discussion questions, makes them idea for use in a classroom or workshop setting. (October 2006)

A New Way to Address Poverty Alleviation
Over the past decade, a growing number of small population-environment field projects, funded principally by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development, have achieved not only their main goals, which varied from increasing child immunization and family planning to protecting mangrove forests, but also helped reduce poverty within project areas. (October 2006)

Lessons From the First Generation of Integrated Population, Health, and Environment Projects
An assessment conducted for USAID and the Packard Foundation found that an integrated approach to population, health, and environment projects is one that simultaneously addresses conservation, family planning, and health needs. The assessment includes descriptions of successful models for action from the Philippines to Madagascar. (September 2006)

2006 World Population Data Sheet

 PRB's 2006 World Population Data Sheet contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for more than 200 countries, including births, deaths, natural increase, infant mortality, life expectancy, urban population, HIV/AIDS prevalence, contraceptive use, land area, percent of population living below $2/day, and population per square mile. New for the 2006 Data Sheet are data on net migration rates, percent of surface area protected, and population with access to improved sanitation. (August 2006)

What Can Be Done to Protect the Chimpanzees and Other Great Apes of Africa?
Solutions include limiting the number of tourists each day who are allowed to observe chimpanzees, addressing the health and livelihood needs of local communities through community development projects, and mobilizing the international conservation community to develop and enforce stronger, more effective protection policies. (August 2006)

How Much Land Should Be Protected for Biodiversity?
The use of numerical or percentage targets for protected areas—say, setting aside 10 percent of a biome for protection—has helped lead to accelerated growth in these areas worldwide. But the targeted approach has its drawbacks: On its own, it doesn’t guarantee protection areas that most need it, nor does it ensure effective management of those areas. (June 2006)

Making the Link in the Philippines: A New PRB Datasheet
With one of the highest population growth rates in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is experiencing increasing human pressure on its natural resources, including forests, coasts, and safe water supplies. This datasheet provides national, regional, and provincial data that highlight the connections among population trends, natural resource use, and the health and well-being of Filipinos. (April 2006)

Reducing Poverty by Integrating Population, Health, and Environment
The well-being of communities from Manila to villages in coastal Tanzania is being compromised as cities become more crowded and polluted and as the reliability of food and water supplies in rural areas becomes more uncertain. But policymakers have a unique opportunity to change these dynamics—by deliberately fostering innovation through an integrated approach to development. (April 2006)