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Population and Environment LinksPopulation Environment Research NetworkFrom their web site: "The Population-Environment Research Network seeks to advance academic research on population and the environment by promoting on-line scientific exchange among researchers from social and natural science disciplines worldwide." The virtual network offers an excellent e-library with search tools, occasional cyber-seminars, regular updates on conferences, publications, and funding opportunities of interest. Sign up now! CIESIN and SEDACFrom their web site: "The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) was established in 1989 as a non-profit, nongovernmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing world. CIESIN operations the "world data center" for human interactions in the environment, including the Socio-Economic Data Applications Center (SEDAC) through which users synthesize and apply earth science and socioeconomic data and information in their research, educational activities, analysis and decision-making."Population-Environment Linkages Service Provided by the National Library for the Environment, this web site offers many resources including bibliographies, news, and discussion groups related to the association between human population and the environment. From their web site: "The Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. In March 1999, PRB launched the Southern Population and Environment Initiative. Over six years, the initiative will work with developing country policy research institutions that are examining the relationships among population variables, health impacts, and the environment to help enhance the quality and impact of their work. The initiative will help researchers develop their contribute to policy discussions on PHE issues; advance regional networks for information exchange on PHE linkages; and produce studies on key PHE linkages." In May, 2000, PRB's IP division, in collaboration with the National Center for Science and the Environment, launched a Web site on population health and the environment: www.popplanet.org . This program is co-funded by the Summit Foundation and MEASURE Communication. From PRB overview, Jan 2001: This website is devoted to the interrelated issues of population, poverty, consumption, health, and the environment. Fourteen key topics are planned and seven are now online (as of Feb, 2001) -- human development, food and agriculture, reproductive health, coasts andoceans, renewable energy, pollution, and forests. Each topic includes an overview, facts and figures, news stories, book and film reviews, a glossary, and web links. International Instititute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) IIASA
is a non-governmental research organization located in Austria. The
institute conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on
environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context
of human dimensions of global change. Population, economic
transitions, land use, and air pollution represent key research
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