Sustaining Caribbean Coastal Areas
This PowerPoint presentation explores the role of population dynamics in coastal areas in the Caribbean, highlighting population trends and the special vulnerability of small island developing states. (April 2003)

Making the Link: Population, Health, and the Environment (PDF: 234KB)
This report provides information and data on critical links between people and the environment.  (2002)

Population Issues Left Out of Earth Summit Discussion
Population issues were not on the agenda of the World Summit on Sustainable Development even though they are closely linked to economic, environmental, and social concerns. (September 2002)

Water at the Forefront of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
PRB recently spoke with Karin Krchnak, program manager for the Population and Environment Program with the National Wildlife Federation about water in the context of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). (August 2002)

Global Policies Must Address Freshwater Scarcity
One quarter of the global population — an estimated 1.5 billion people — lacks access to drinkable water, and this number is projected to double in the next 25 years. (August 2002)

Mountains: Sources of Water, Sites of Poverty and War
Mountains provide water, biodiversity, and recreation. But despite their bounty, they are home to some of the poorest people in the world, and this poverty invites resource conflicts that threaten mountain ecosystems and those who depend on them. The objective of this UN-designated “International Year of Mountains” is to raise awareness of the plight of mountains and persuade people that there is more to mountains than climbing to the top. (Population Today, August/September 2002)

Children's Environmental Health: Risks and Remedies

 Due to their size, physiology, and behavior, children are more vulnerable than adults to environmental hazards. Children worldwide require special protection from longstanding risks — such as smoke from traditional fuels — as well as from emerging risks — such as exposure to an increasing number of hazardous chemicals. (July 2002)

Finding the Balance: Population and Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa is home to 6.3 percent of the world's population yet has only 1.4 percent of the world's fresh renewable water. This policy brief is also available in Arabic. (July 2002)

Women, Men, and Environmental Change Presentation
This PowerPoint presentation was designed to communicate the important links between gender and the environment. An understanding of women's and men's relationships to the environment can play a key role in developing solutions for more sustainable use of natural resources and improved health and well-being. (April 2002)

Women, Men, and Environmental Change

 This brief, part of PRB's series "Emerging Policy Issues in Population, Health, and the Environment," examines how gender differences play a part in natural resource use, how resource depletion affects women and men differently, and what has been done worldwide to integrate gender concerns in environmental planning. (February 2002)