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NEW!
Read Facts and Figures from the AAAS Atlas: -
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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