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March 28, 2009
A recent letter to the editor penned by The Center for Environment and Population (CEP), a Tides project, on The Benefits of Family Planning for the Environment was published in the New York Times.
This outreach is part of CEP's nationwide campaign to gain support for international family planning, reproductive health, and other population issues specifically using the environmental rationale. As part of this effort, CEP is talking to the White House (Office of Science and Technology, CEQ, and U.S. AID), the UN, UN Foundation, PPFA, NGOs, scientists, scholars, policymakers, and others so that cross-sectoral expertise can be represented on the policy issues. CEP wants environment experts at the family planning table and population experts at environment and climate change tables. It all reflects a growing interest on the part of the U.S. government, policymakers, and the public on the science-based linkages between population and the environment.
> Click here to read the full letter on the New York Times' website.
For more information on Tides project The Center for Environment and Population, see www.cepnet.org.
