Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas
Do Population-Health-Environment (PHE) initiatives provide synergies above and beyond more traditional singular efforts? Some development practitioners note the potential to combine solutions to population-environment (PE) together with health-environment (HE) initiatives for the global conservatio...
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Do Population-Health-Environment (PHE) initiatives provide synergies above and beyond
more traditional singular efforts? Some development practitioners note the potential to combine
solutions to population-environment (PE) together with health-environment (HE) initiatives
for the global conservation of natural resources in developing countries while simultaneously
improving human health and livelihood security. PHE advocates in the policy arena have
promoted the importance of integrating “conservation, health, and family planning (FP)
interventions” in the management of some of the world’s most socio-economically
impoverished as well as ecologically rich environments. However, scant scholarly evidence
supports these claims. In this paper, we probe the potential effectiveness of integrated PHE
investments for conservation outcomes. Data was collected in World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
designated high priority marine and terrestrial conservation sites with USAID-sponsored PHE
programs in the Philippines, Nepal, India, Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya, Cameroon and
the Central African Republic. We conducted individual and focus-group interviews with 754
individuals: WWF staff, staff from partner health and environment organizations, and local
men and women in the program service areas. Quantitative and qualitative results indicate
diverse, and in some cases dramatic, improvements in maternal and child health and
conservation measures that overall appeared to benefit from the integrative PHE approach.
Results also point toward the importance of promoting PHE interventions within the
framework of livelihood improvement.
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| spelling | doaj-art-978c31099f77467c8352a7c3e26d4bb02025-08-20T02:51:18ZengEuropean Association of GeographersEuropean Journal of Geography1792-13412410-74332017-01-0183Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation AreasDavid Lopez-Carr0Daniel Ervin1University of California, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.University of California, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Do Population-Health-Environment (PHE) initiatives provide synergies above and beyond more traditional singular efforts? Some development practitioners note the potential to combine solutions to population-environment (PE) together with health-environment (HE) initiatives for the global conservation of natural resources in developing countries while simultaneously improving human health and livelihood security. PHE advocates in the policy arena have promoted the importance of integrating “conservation, health, and family planning (FP) interventions” in the management of some of the world’s most socio-economically impoverished as well as ecologically rich environments. However, scant scholarly evidence supports these claims. In this paper, we probe the potential effectiveness of integrated PHE investments for conservation outcomes. Data was collected in World Wildlife Fund (WWF) designated high priority marine and terrestrial conservation sites with USAID-sponsored PHE programs in the Philippines, Nepal, India, Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. We conducted individual and focus-group interviews with 754 individuals: WWF staff, staff from partner health and environment organizations, and local men and women in the program service areas. Quantitative and qualitative results indicate diverse, and in some cases dramatic, improvements in maternal and child health and conservation measures that overall appeared to benefit from the integrative PHE approach. Results also point toward the importance of promoting PHE interventions within the framework of livelihood improvement. https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/307Population-Health-Environmentconservationsustainable development,family planningfertilitymigration |
| spellingShingle | David Lopez-Carr Daniel Ervin Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas European Journal of Geography Population-Health-Environment conservation sustainable development, family planning fertility migration |
| title | Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas |
| title_full | Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas |
| title_fullStr | Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas |
| title_short | Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Synergies Evidence from USAID-sponsored Programs in African and Asian core Conservation Areas |
| title_sort | population health environment phe synergies evidence from usaid sponsored programs in african and asian core conservation areas |
| topic | Population-Health-Environment conservation sustainable development, family planning fertility migration |
| url | https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/307 |
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