World Environment Day - June 5, 2004

World Environment Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972, is celebrated each year on June 5 in order to stimulate global awareness of the environment and to raise political consciousness and action.

The Office of Population and Reproductive Health is using this commemoration to spotlight some of our activities in environmental health.

Access more information on World Environment Day – Wanted! Seas and Oceans: Dead or Alive?

Women and the Environment

• Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and the Lake Tanginyika (Tanzania) Catchment Reforestation and Education Project (TACARE)
• USAID and Jane Goodall Explore Ways to Improve the Health of Families and Forests in the Congo Basin
• Sierra Club Honors Association Voahary Salama (AVS) Coordinator
• Concern for the World Takes Woman to Ecuador

Youth Profiles:

• Esther – Kampala, Uganda
• Napat – Bangkok, Thailand

News and Information

• USAID to Fund Special Projects in Madagascar
• Linking Family Planning and the Environment in Madagascar
• USAID Guinea: Saving Chimpanzees that are Close to Extinction
• Sierra Club Global Population and Environment Program's Population Report

Population and the Environment Briefs

• Balancing People and the Environment to Promote Resilient Communities [PDF, 214KB]
• Get the Facts! People and the Environment – Not an Either/Or Proposition