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Population-Environment Programs: Problematic Assumptions and Contradictory Approaches

By James Oldham

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Over the last ten to fifteen years a new type of integrated conservation project has evolved that links reproductive health and family planning services with natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. Such programs represent a small but significant trend in both the conservation and the population fields.

This issue of DifferenTakes is based on a larger study, "Rethinking the Link: A Critical Review of Population-Environment Programs."

James Oldham is founder and director of Las Lianas Resource Center, an organization that partners with indigenous communities in the Amazon region of South America in work for cultural autonomy and environmental protection.