{"id":12350,"date":"2024-04-17T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/?p=12350"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:58:22","slug":"what-is-population-health-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/04\/what-is-population-health-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Population, Health, Environment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1296\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-12359\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3.jpeg 1728w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">What Is Population, Health, Environment?<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-04-17T09:50:00+01:00\">17 April 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\">Population, Health, Environment (PHE) is an integrated approach to environmental conservation, family planning, and sustainable development. Population Matters campaigns to secure wider adoption of PHE by the UK government and other international NGOs. Find out more about PHE and join our campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is PHE?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE stands for Population, Health, Environment \u2013 it\u2019s a development approach that recognises the interdependent links between local communities, their health, and the natural resources upon which they depend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE projects focus on providing voluntary family planning information and services, environmental conservation, and education on sustainable natural resource management in a coordinated manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3.jpeg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>S<\/strong>upporting<strong> \u201cLast-Mile\u201d Communities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Critical areas for biodiversity tend to be bordered by rural, low-income, subsistence communities. They are often referred to as \u201clast-mile\u201d communities \u2013 as they are the furthest and hardest to reach with medical services, meaning these communities are unable to access modern contraceptives or family planning information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These rural communities often depend on natural resources such as freshwater, timber, and wild plants for food and medicine. However, the exponential growth of population in these local communities can cause demand to soon outstrip supply, resulting in deforestation, water scarcity, and desertification \u2013 threatening local ecosystems with collapse and putting vulnerable communities at risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/03\/global-resources-dwindling-as-demand-rises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resource scarcity.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the ground level, the expansion of smallholdings over generations drives deforestation. Whilst overfishing and overhunting practices due to the unsustainable demand of a growing local population, leads to depleting numbers of fish and wildlife species falling below the replacement rate, resulting in ecological collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many developing countries facing the most rapid population growth also contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.org\/priorities\/biodiversity-hotspots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biodiversity hotspots,<\/a> areas with exceptional species diversity at risk of significant habitat loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE projects provide a vital opportunity for conservation of critical areas for biodiversity, as well as providing local communities with an unmet need for reproductive health services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-Planificacion-Familiar-30_11_21-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-Planificacion-Familiar-30_11_21-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-Planificacion-Familiar-30_11_21-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-Planificacion-Familiar-30_11_21-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-Planificacion-Familiar-30_11_21-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-Planificacion-Familiar-30_11_21-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How long has PHE been around?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE has been around since the 1960s, when the organisation World Neighbours began integrating family planning with its environmental activities to improve food security in the Philippines and Nepal. The organisation received a positive reception from local communities following the introduction of family planning services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, various prominent organisations such as Blue Ventures Conservation, the PHE Ethiopia Consortium, and <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/empower-to-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Empower to Plan<\/em><\/a> partner PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc, have had great success with PHE projects. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE projects have been actively funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.usaid.gov\/pdf_docs\/PA00T59H.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US International Development department (USAID)<\/a> since the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there has been minimal support for PHE from the UK government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the UK government has also reduced it\u2019s funding of sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) services. According to the International Development Committee report on this issue, the UK government has reduced its spending on sexual and reproductive health by a third, halved its spending on family planning, and cut spending on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health spending by 37% since 2019. This vastly hinders the work that organisations such as the United Nations Population Fund can perform, contributing to the crisis of more than 200 million women with an unmet need for safe, modern contraception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/contraceptive-needs-snapshot-1024x729.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/contraceptive-needs-snapshot-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/contraceptive-needs-snapshot-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/contraceptive-needs-snapshot-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/contraceptive-needs-snapshot.png 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why support PHE?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE approaches have multiple benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lowering fertility rates through voluntary family planning services decreases demand for natural resources, this reduces pressure on local ecosystems allowing nature to bounce back \u2013 ensuring more effective conservation of key biodiversity areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Family planning measures reduce the burden on women, allowing for more women-led conservation to take place. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/en-us\/magazine\/magazine-articles\/women-in-conservation-robyn-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Some of the most successful conservation projects managed by women. <\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduced family size or increased space between births ensures more resources are available for each individual child, which leads to better nutrition and improved health outcomes.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PHE approaches tend to promote greater buy-in and participation from local communities.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The World Wildlife Fund reported in multiple projects that integrating family planning and health services into their work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/initiatives\/women-and-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improved locals support for their conservation efforts.<\/a> Previously, the local communities believed the organisation cared more about wildlife than people. Whilst PHE projects directly benefit the local community, increasing support for integrated conservation efforts.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In addition, PHE projects often encompass education to improve knowledge of sustainable resource management. This approach promotes greater participation from the local community into conservation efforts as they recognise the benefits of sustainable development.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PHE projects increase male support for family planning.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phe-ethiopia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PHE Ethiopia<\/a> found that 30 percent of men in PHE project sites supported the use of contraception, compared to 7 percent of men in reproductive health-only sites.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ees.kuleuven.be\/eng\/klimos\/toolkit\/documents\/166_pol_integ_env_rwanda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPREAD project in Rwanda<\/a> also reported that male beneficiaries had a &#8220;change in mentality&#8221; about family planning after it was framed in a context of sustainable development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dimitry-b-D3ZojRFM8rI-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dimitry-b-D3ZojRFM8rI-unsplash-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dimitry-b-D3ZojRFM8rI-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dimitry-b-D3ZojRFM8rI-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dimitry-b-D3ZojRFM8rI-unsplash-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dimitry-b-D3ZojRFM8rI-unsplash-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Protect Nature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/gbf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)<\/a> is an international treaty signed by almost 200 countries, including the UK, with the goal to half and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In supporting implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, IUCN published their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/resources\/grey-literature\/global-species-action-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Species Action Plan<\/a> to guide policymakers\u2019 conservation strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Target 14.5 of the Global Species Action Plan states a specific action directed at governments and NGOs: <em>Ensure removal of barriers to rights-based voluntary family planning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A clear call to action for governments and NGOs to incorporate funding for PHE projects into their biodiversity conservation strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK government has announced measures to support the Global Biodiversity Framework. However, there is one effective solution that the UK government has neglected to include in any of its policies to prevent or reverse biodiversity loss \u2013 the inclusion of Population Health Environment (PHE) projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An effective solution to resolve the current shortfall in SRHR funding and for the UK to achieve its aims under the Global Biodiversity Framework to half and reverse biodiversity loss is to fund PHE projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kenrick-baksh-pCMNcprqFBU-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kenrick-baksh-pCMNcprqFBU-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kenrick-baksh-pCMNcprqFBU-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kenrick-baksh-pCMNcprqFBU-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kenrick-baksh-pCMNcprqFBU-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kenrick-baksh-pCMNcprqFBU-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">promote phe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Population Matter\u2019s campaign urges the UK government to promote and fund PHE projects in its future policies to reverse biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would greatly appreciate your support in promoting PHE, join our campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/ask-your-political-representatives-to-support-phe\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2024%2F04%2Fwhat-is-population-health-environment%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Share<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2024%2F04%2Fwhat-is-population-health-environment%2F&amp;text=What%20Is%20Population%20Health%20Environment%3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Tweet<\/div><\/a><a class=\"li-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2024%2F04%2Fwhat-is-population-health-environment%2F&amp;text=What%20Is%20Population%20Health%20Environment%3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Post<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-blue-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-grid grid grid-3\">\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/ask-your-political-representatives-to-support-phe\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Ask your political representatives to help curb biodiversity loss<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-2-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-12357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-2.jpeg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Population Health Environment (PHE) has been proven to have better results than single sector projects, however it has been neglected as an approach by the UK government. 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