Population Publications
Exchange: Violent Environments
Jul 07, 2011ECSP invited Homer-Dixon, Peluso, and Watts to engage in a dialogue about Violent Environments, as well as the future of environmental security research.
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Hong Kong Conference Report: Part 2 (Chinese)
Jul 07, 2011Through a generous grant from the U.S. Institute of Peace, ECSP organized a forum in Hong Kong to provide opportunities for 65 environmentalists and journalists from the three areas of Greater China to discuss improving the capacity of environmental NGOs and the quality of environmental reporting in the region. Part 2 (Chinese). more
Dilemmas for Conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
Jul 07, 2011This article traces the history of conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, and then argues that repeated failure to understand or accommodate the political factors at work in the Amazon undermines efforts to protect the rainforest. more
13. The Problems of Nationalism in Eastern Europe Past and Present
Jul 07, 2011Defying the proclaimed ideological similarity of the various governments of Eastern Europe (except Greece) during the last 40 years, nationalism is the strongest single motivating force today in that region. Nationalism has forced those in power to make certain ideological concessions giving birth to a basic contradiction even in terminology, national communism. Still, a major issue for the leaders of the various parties and states remains unresolved: the people's primary loyalty has little if anything to do with the world view which they are supposed to accept as the sole valid motivating force for their behavior. more
ECSP Report 12: Table of Contents and Foreword
Jul 07, 2011ECSP Report 12 analyzes conflicts over natural resources, which are increasingly depleted by population growth, environmental degradation, poverty, and over-consumption. Table of Contents and Foreword. more
Beginning the Demographic Transition: Very Young and Youthful Age Structures
Jul 07, 2011From 1970-2000, "only 13 percent of countries with a very young age structure had fully democratic governments, compared with 83 percent of countries with a mature age structure," says Elizabeth Leahy, who compares age structure to conflict in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Iran, and Pakistan. more
To Cultivate Peace: Agriculture in a World of Conflict
Jul 07, 2011In this article, the authors examine the post–Cold War pattern of conflict with a focus on the role of agriculture. more
Issue 17: Sharing the Forest: Protecting Gorillas and Helping Families in Uganda
Jul 07, 2011Rapid population growth by Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda has pushed people to settle near gorilla habitat - sometimes leading to conflict. The innovative community development program, Conservation Through Public Health, seeks to conserve these magnificent animals, and at the same time, improve the quality of life for Ugandans living near Bwindi. more
Unpackaging the Environment
Jul 07, 2011The question now is how to transform spotty progress and modest steps into a more consistent pattern of political support for environmental concerns, how to move from the wide recognition that a problem exists to a public consensus that it is important. more
Environment, Population, and Health: Strategies for a More Secure World
Jul 07, 2011Countries that are overwhelmed by environmental problems tend to develop political and economic problems, writes Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. more
