ABOUT THE BOOK

NEW! Read Facts and Figures from the AAAS Atlas:

-                      Population and Atmosphere

-                      Population, Waste and Chemicals

NEW! Population, Environment, and Development: New data from United Nations Economic and Social Development

The AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment is a science-based compendium produced as a tool for readers to better grasp how population factors (like rates of growth, density, movement, and resource consumption) affect the natural environment.  The 204 page full-color atlas is written by authors Paul Harrison and Fred Pearce, with a foreword by Dr Peter Raven, and contains stunning visuals and maps, and simple-to-understand text about a wide range of population and natural resource links. The Atlas is unique in that it was designed not to sit on a shelf, but rather to influence public policies, opinions, and action on human population's environmental impacts. 

Dr Raven writes in his forword "...Although it has long seemed obvious that there is an important linkage between human population, consumption, and technologies on one hand, and the state of the environment on the other, the quantitative analysis of such relationships has by no means been adequately addressed. This book endeavors to establish a common base of understanding about what is known in this area. In doing so, it makes an invaluable contribution."

To take full advantage of this resource, the Center for Environment and Population (CEP), The Atlas' Executive Editor, is partnering with the Communications Consortium Media Center (CCMC), National Wildlife Federation (NWF), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Population Resource Center, UNFPA, and other organizations.  They will distribute copies of the book and hold briefings with leaders on Capitol Hill, in the Administration, EPA, State Department; in the UN system in conjunction with Earth Summit 2002 and the State of the World Population Report; at leading universities; with NGO members, and activists across the US, and; the media.

A CEP/CCMC Book Party and Discussion will be held at the AAAS building in Washington, DC, in May 2001. Check back on this site for more details in the coming weeks.

For more information, contact CEP Director Vicky Markham, tel: 603-431-4066

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