Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability:

Assessing the Science

Robert Engelman Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute Project Director, Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability Assessment rengelman@ worldwatch.org

fpesa.net

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Managing Our Planet, George Mason University Washington, DC June 29, 2016 https://www. wilsoncenter. org

Report available in online interactive PDF at fpesa.net and www.worldwatch.org

An International Network of Research Assessors

Abdur Rahaman Wilkister Moturi Dirk Van Braeckel Bhola Gurjar

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Sam Sellers Alaka Basu Javiera Fanta

Zena Lyaga Hafiz Khan Margaret Perkins Samson Wasao

Finding: Contraception prevents unintended pregnancy. That slows the growth of population, based on the intentions of contraceptive users.

Verifications of I=PAT

(environmental impact=population

x affluence x technology)

Finding: Slowing Population growth In many documented cases slows pace of environmental degradation

Finding: Evidence suggests that family planning contributes to women’s status, which then contributes to sustainability.

Camilo Mora Ndola Prata Usman Khan

“Integrating Family Planning Promotion into the Work Of Environmental Volunteers: A Population, Health And Environment Initiative in Kenya,” Hoke et al., 2015.

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Turner Foundation

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