Planning and Family Planning and Environmental ... Planning and Environmental Sustainability: Assessing the Science Robert Engelman Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute Project Director,
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Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability:
Assessing the Science
Robert Engelman Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute Project Director, Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability Assessment rengelman@ worldwatch.org
fpesa.net
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Managing Our Planet, George Mason University Washington, DC June 29, 2016 https://www. wilsoncenter. org
Report available in online interactive PDF at fpesa.net and www.worldwatch.org
An International Network of Research Assessors
Abdur Rahaman Wilkister Moturi Dirk Van Braeckel Bhola Gurjar
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Sam Sellers Alaka Basu Javiera Fanta
Zena Lyaga Hafiz Khan Margaret Perkins Samson Wasao
Finding: Contraception prevents unintended pregnancy. That slows the growth of population, based on the intentions of contraceptive users.
Verifications of I=PAT
(environmental impact=population
x affluence x technology)
Finding: Slowing Population growth In many documented cases slows pace of environmental degradation
Finding: Evidence suggests that family planning contributes to women’s status, which then contributes to sustainability.
Camilo Mora Ndola Prata Usman Khan
“Integrating Family Planning Promotion into the Work Of Environmental Volunteers: A Population, Health And Environment Initiative in Kenya,” Hoke et al., 2015.
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Universal Access Project/UN Foundation
Turner Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
Yeneneh Terefe
Colleen Cordes
Joyce Yang
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