Opportunities:

• American Association of University Women International Fellowships
• Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program Summer Certificate Course: Sustainable Environmental Management, University of California, Berkeley
• Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowships in Abortion and Reproductive Health
• ENCAP Professional Development (PD) Fellowship Program
• Nominations for the Equator Prize
• Population Reference Bureau Workshops
• Social Science Research Council Fellowships
• U.S. Institute of Peace - Peace Scholar Fellowship information
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars/Africa-Related Fellowships and Internships

  Resources and Links:

  • Scaling Up Population and Environment Approaches in Madagascar: A case study
    By Lynne Gaffikin
    World Wildlife Fund
    http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/communityaction/people/WWFBinaryitem10856.pdf
    
    This case study is designed to help answer the question "How can the Œconservation community further contribute to meeting unmet need for family planning (FP) in Madagascar in order to reduce future pressure on natural resources (NR) and biodiversity and promote more sustainable livelihoods?" Specifically, the study looks at how previous and ongoing efforts linking or integrating population and environment (PE) efforts have been and are being scaled up.
    
    The purpose of this study is to highlight drivers of change, constraints and enabling factors to help explain the history and identify strategies that may be replicable or newly applied elsewhere in-country or outside. This paper describes Madagascar¹s PE evolution over approximately two decades (1988 -2007) by addressing the following points:
    * how scaling up is happening;
    * who are the main actors;
    * what drives the scale up process;
    * what are the opportunities, enabling conditions and constraints;
    * lessons learned for consideration in the future and by other countries interested in scaling up
    
    
  • The Carter Center
  • The Centre for Conflict Resolution
  • Environmental Change and Security Project (ECSP)
  • Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS)
  • GRACE: Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
  • The Alan Guttmacher Institute Home Page
  • HORIZON Communications Solutions Site
  • The Human Security Gateway: Research and Information Database
  • International Peace Bureau (IPB)
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • Welcome to Ipas
  • IUCN - The World Conservation Union
  • Leadership for Environment And Development's Web Site
  • Welcome to the NGO Global Network
  • Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
  • Peace Africa: Supporting Africa's Peacebuilders
  • Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
  • Population Action International
  • Population Association of America
  • PERN - Population Environment Research Network
  • Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
  • Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
  • Marie Stopes International
  • World Resources Institute
  • The World's Water - Water Conflict Chronology - Introduction

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    • Report: More Aid for African Agriculture: Policy Implications for Small-Scale Farmers
      After years of neglect in favor of health and education assistance in Africa, the food crisis has concentrated the donor community's minds on the need for overseas development aid for African agriculture. This is welcome,
      but what sorts of policies are being proposed and what impact will they have for the African farmer? The research concludes by asserting that agriculture and rural development in Africa will have to concentrate on more people-centered, food-focused and environmentally sustainable approaches if the development of African agriculture is to serve the long-term interests of the majority of Africans. For more information, click here .
      
      
    • Global Classroom on Sustainable Development: Students around the world can now have a live interactive discussion with the top thinkers in the field of sustainable development — without ever having to leave their classroom. This new "global classroom" uses innovative web technology to link leading problem solvers with hundreds of graduate students in the U.S. and countries in Europe, Africa, South America, South Asia and East Asia.
      
      
    • The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is please to announce our latest publication: WomenLead in Peace and Stability The newest edition of our WomenLead series includes stories from an extraordinary group of women who are mediating conflict, caring for refugees, restoring communities and building more responsive governments. The magazine is free to download, or can be purchased at the CEDPA website.
      
      
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      Articles & Papers:

      • The New Military Frontier: Africa
        "A U.S. Army captain in Africa waxes philosophical. It's like the old saying, he opines; "give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever." Is he talking about skills-building, or community empowerment? No: Captain Joseph Cruz goes from channeling the musician Speech from the American hip-hop group Arrested Development back to his military-approved talking points: "the same can be said about military to military training and that's why we do it." ...