Population and the Environment: The Global Challenge Volume XXV111, Number 3 Fall 2000 Series M, Number 15

This report was prepared by Don Hinrichsen and Bryant Robey. Jacqueline A. Cunkelman, M.P.H., and Vidya Setty, M.P.H., provided research assistance.

Bryant Robey, Editor. Stephen M. Goldstein, Managing Editor. Design by Linda D. Sadler. Production by John R. Fiege, Peter Hammerer, Mónica Jiménez, and Deborah Maenner.

The assistance of the following external reviewers is appreciated: Anil Agarwal, Danielle Arigoni, John H. Austin, Robert Engelman, Hazel Henderson, Matthew Lynch, Fred Pearce, Malcolm Potts, Jens Sorensen, and J. Joseph Speidel.

Suggested citation: Hinrichsen, D. and Robey, B. Population and the Environment: The Global Challenge, Population Reports, Series M, No. 15. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Program, Fall 2000. Population Information Program Center for Communication Programs The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.

Phyllis Tilson Piotrow, Ph.D., Director, Center for Communication Programs and Principal Investigator, Population Information Program (PIP)

Ward Rinehart, Project Director, PIP

Anne W. Compton, Deputy Director, PIP, and Chief, POPLINE Digital Services

Hugh M. Rigby, Associate Director, PIP, and Chief, Media/Materials Clearinghouse

Jose G. Rimon II, Deputy Director, Center for Communication Programs and Project Director, Population Communication Services, developing family planning communication strategies, projects, training, and materials.

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