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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka on Gorilla Conservation and Community Health in Uganda and DRC
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Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka never expected to be so deeply involved in family planning when she started Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) 10 years ago. CTPH began with a simple mission: to help preserve endangered mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. But, as Kalema-Zikusoka explains in this week’s podcast, they quickly found that to help the gorillas, they had to help the people living around them.
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How to Tell the Biggest Stories of Our Times: Population-Environment Connections at SEJ 2013
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The original version of this article appeared on the Inter Press Service.
What does gorilla conservation have in common with the provision of contraceptives to women? How does rural-urban migration contribute to global warming? What does city planning in Kenya have to do with coastal erosion in the Philippines?
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From Octopus Conservation to Disaster Relief: Vik Mohan on PHE in Madagascar
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When Tropical Cyclone Haruna struck in February 2013, leaving thousands without shelter and tens of thousands without water, it was a test for Blue Ventures’ integrated approach to development in southwest Madagascar. According to Dr. Vik Mohan, they passed.
“By the time the first aid organization arrived just to collect information, we had distributed to 17 villages already,” Mohan says in this week’s podcast. “We were the mouthpiece of the community, and because of our infrastructure on the ground, because of our good relationships with the community, we were able to procure and disseminate supplies that the community needed.”
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China’s Environmental Crisis Through the Lens: Interview With Photojournalist Sean Gallagher
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China is one of the world’s 12 “mega-biodiversity” countries, but its incredible natural landscapes, from Sichuan’s sparkling, turquoise-colored lakes to Guilin’s dramatic karst topography, are bearing the cost of rapid economic development, writes British environmental photojournalist and videographer Sean Gallagher in a new multimedia e-book.
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Development vs. Conservation: Global Trends in the Battle Over Oil in Ecuador’s Yasuní Rainforest
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Ecuador, the OPEC member with the smallest amount of proven oil reserves, has gained outsized attention in the debate over the future of oil extraction in recent days and may well play a decisive role in the outcome of the global tension between economic development and environmental conservation.
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Coastal Resource Management, Family Planning Integration Build Resilience in Madagascar and The Gambia
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Growing awareness of the connected challenges of natural resource management, economic growth, and human health has encouraged more integrated models of international development. The experience of two organizations – TRY Oyster Women’s Association, based in The Gambia, and Blue Ventures, based in Madagascar – demonstrates the success of a community-based approach to building resilience, enabling communities to bounce back from adversity and establish a long-term basis for development. [Video Below]
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Flooding in Uttarakhand Shows Why India Needs to Take Environmental Security More Seriously
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The disastrous flooding in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand this summer, which claimed more than 6,000 lives, was the outcome of a changing climate and poorly planned development. It was also another case in point of the increasing importance of environmental security in India – especially for the military.
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Margarita Mora, Human Nature
Peruvian Farmers Change Attitudes Toward Forest Protection
›The original version of this article, by Margarita Mora, appeared on Conservation International’s Human Nature blog.
I first visited Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest in 2008. At the time, deforestation rates there were among the highest in the country. CI-Peru wanted to find a way to help communities and Peru’s National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) keep their trees standing.
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