strategy
Training demographers and ecologists in population-environment links
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.International and regional scientific institutions would, on request, assist governments to include concerns for population/environment interactions at global, ecosystem and micro-levels in the training of demographers and population and environment specialists. Training would include research on links and ways to design integrated strategies.
Broader:
Training ecological involvementExpanding environmental management education and trainingIntegrating ecology into agricultural science educationIntegrating population programmes in environment and development plansAddressing problems of forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands Facilitates:
Managing natural areasDocumenting population trendsGiving special attention to informing women on demographic impactsStrengthening research on population, environment and development interactionsBuilding demographic factors into national policies for sustainable development Subjects:
Geography → EcologyEducation → Training
Sociology → Demography
Sociology → Population
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
