3136.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
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| "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I'm asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs" - he was very upset as he shouted and puffed - "What's that THING you've made out of my Truffula tuft?" "Look, Lorax," I said. "There's no cause for alarm. I chopped just one tree. I am doing no harm." (From "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss. Random House, NY 1971) The case of human-induced degradation of resources is illustrated by Dr. Seuss' story The Lorax. The tale ends with the hope that with deliberate steps, humans can once again restore what has disappeared. Around the world communities are taking initiative to better manage increasingly scarce natural resources. Environmentalists have come to realize that communities themselves and women in particular are often the key to success in sustained progress. Family planning, a service frequently requested by women, is a key component of the cycle of progress. The oral presentations prepared for this session discuss the cycle of reproductive health, poverty and environmental degradation and show the good news story of communities working to improve well being | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Carolyn Gibb Vogel | ||||
| Eckhard Kleinau | ||||
| Collaborating for more effective population-environment interventions: The experience of the APPROPOP Project and its environmental partners in Madagascar Daniel Whyner | ||||
| Framework for exploring "capacity for integration of population and environment" Denise Caudill, DrPH, Frank Zinn, PhD | ||||
| Remedios project of the Peten, Guatemala Liza Grandia, Liza Grandia | ||||
| The Niger Delta Crisis - Reproductive Health Challenges Mike Egboh, MPH, Mike Egboh, MPH | ||||
| Sponsor: | Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Environment; International Health | |||