environment

Rural Migrant Remittances May Protect Forests

Sprawling urban areas most obviously demonstrate the environmental impact of migration. Water scarcity, pollution, and lack of adequate housing are some of the more evident impacts of urban population growth. But migration also affects the environment of the communities from which the migrants come, and may actually protect forests. Recent research in the journal Population and…

Are Climate Change and Sustainable Development Really Linked?

View webcast (Time: 48 minutes) According to Karen Hardee, the gap between those working on climate change issues and those in international development needs to be bridged. The two communities have different priorities and “don’t speak the same language.” Mainstreaming climate change adaption into development planning and poverty reduction is an urgent issue, especially to…