Integrated management of coastal resources and human health yields added value: a comparative study in Palawan (Philippines)

DAgnes, L; D’Agnes, Heather; Schwartz, J. Brad; Amarillo, Maria Lourdes E.; Castro, Joan

doi:10.1017/s0376892910000779

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“…The results of this study are in line with other research which suggests that integrating the provision of family planning services with environmental conservation initiatives can be effective in reaching under‐served populations living in remote areas of high biodiversity, where health agencies typically find it difficult to operate as a result of infrastructural obstacles .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Some 222 million women in developing countries report an unmet need for contraception . Programs integrating family planning services with environmental conservation in remote areas of high biodiversity can be a highly effective mechanism for reaching under‐served communities . Many studies contend that expanding access to family planning services can also bolster local community‐based natural resource management in areas where actual fertility is higher than desired fertility by enabling couples to avoid unintended pregnancies and achieve their desired family size .…”

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Integrating Community‐Based Family Planning Services with Local Marine Conservation Initiatives in Southwest Madagascar: Changes in Contraceptive Use and Fertility

Robson¹,

Holston²,

Savitzky³

et al. 2017

Studies in Family Planning

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

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Integrating Community‐Based Family Planning Services with Local Marine Conservation Initiatives in Southwest Madagascar: Changes in Contraceptive Use and Fertility

Robson¹,

Holston²,

Savitzky³

et al. 2017

Studies in Family Planning

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“…Our results add weight to the suggestion that alternative occupations may not be a substitute for other resource management tools (Sievanen et al 2005). However, the development of alternative occupations can help increase support for conservation actions (Pollnac et al 2001 a ) and can be useful as a component of an approach that integrates population and coastal resource management (D’Agnes et al 2010). Our results illustrate the importance of understanding socioeconomic processes when managing the number of people harvesting wild animals.…”

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The Interaction between Seaweed Farming as an Alternative Occupation and Fisher Numbers in the Central Philippines

Hill

Rowcliffe

Koldewey

et al. 2011

Conservation Biology

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Alternative occupations are frequently promoted as a means to reduce the number of people exploiting declining fisheries. However, there is little evidence that alternative occupations reduce fisher numbers. Seaweed farming is frequently promoted as a lucrative alternative occupation for artisanal fishers in Southeast Asia. We examined how the introduction of seaweed farming has affected village-level changes in the number of fishers on Danajon Bank, central Philippines, where unsustainable fishing has led to declining fishery yields. To determine how fisher numbers had changed since seaweed farming started, we interviewed the heads of household from 300 households in 10 villages to examine their perceptions of how fisher numbers had changed in their village and the reasons they associated with these changes. We then asked key informants (people with detailed knowledge of village members) to estimate fisher numbers in these villages before seaweed farming began and at the time of the survey. We compared the results of how fisher numbers had changed in each village with the wealth, education, seaweed farm sizes, and other attributes of households in these villages, which we collected through interviews, and with village-level factors such as distance to markets. We also asked people why they either continued to engage in or ceased fishing. In four villages, respondents thought seaweed farming and low fish catches had reduced fisher numbers, at least temporarily. In one of these villages, there was a recent return to fishing due to declines in the price of seaweed and increased theft of seaweed. In another four villages, fisher numbers increased as human population increased, despite the widespread uptake of seaweed farming. Seaweed farming failed for technical reasons in two other villages. Our results suggest seaweed farming has reduced fisher numbers in some villages, a result that may be correlated with socioeconomic status, but the heterogeneity of outcomes is consistent with suggestions that alternative occupations are not a substitute for more direct forms of resource management.

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“…The program's information, education, and communication campaign encouraged youth to become “stewards” of the environment and their sexuality. Results indicate that youth—especially young men—were more likely to use family planning and delay early sex in the PHE program site compared with their counterparts in a comparison site where conventional reproductive health messages were delivered to youth 16…”

Section: Overview Of the Population Health Environment Approachmentioning

confidence: 95%

Linking Population, Health, and the Environment: An Overview of Integrated Programs and a Case Study in Nepal

Hahn

Anandaraja

DAgnes

2011

Mount Sinai J Medicine

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Population, health, and environment programs are cross-sectoral development initiatives that link conservation, health, and family planning interventions. These programs are generally located in biodiversity hotspots, where population pressure is among the factors contributing to environmental degradation. This review describes the general structure of population, health, and environment programs and provides selected examples to highlight various aspects of this approach. We focus in depth on a case study from the Integrating Population and Health into Forestry Management Agendas program in Nepal that simultaneously addressed deforestation from fuel-wood harvesting, indoor air pollution from wood fires, acute respiratory infections related to smoke inhalation, as well as family planning in communities in Nepal's densely populated forest corridors. Keys to the success of the Nepal project included empowerment of community forest user groups with population, health, and environment program know-how and appropriate technology. Lessons learned in Nepal point to the critical role that nongovernmental organizations can play as catalysts of cross-sectoral responses to complex development issues such as this one. The population, health, and environment approach can be an effective method for achieving sustainable development and meeting both conservation and health objectives.

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Integrated management of coastal resources and human health yields added value: a comparative study in Palawan (Philippines)

Cited by 33 publications

References 12 publications

Integrating Community‐Based Family Planning Services with Local Marine Conservation Initiatives in Southwest Madagascar: Changes in Contraceptive Use and Fertility

Integrating Community‐Based Family Planning Services with Local Marine Conservation Initiatives in Southwest Madagascar: Changes in Contraceptive Use and Fertility

The Interaction between Seaweed Farming as an Alternative Occupation and Fisher Numbers in the Central Philippines

Linking Population, Health, and the Environment: An Overview of Integrated Programs and a Case Study in Nepal

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