Review of Population-Health-Environment Programs Supported by the Packard Foundation and USAID
The Packard Foundation’s Population-Environment (PE) Initiative, which began in June 2000, placed primary emphasis on supporting projects that integrated conservation and family planning in communities near areas of high biodiversity. It supported leadership development and increased advocacy for and awareness of population-environment linkages. The PE strategy sought to improve the quality of life in focal areas, increase collaboration and leadership on interdisciplinary topics, and used mass media and targeted campaigns to increase the public and policymakers’ awareness of the links and solutions. The review team finalized a report to the Packard Foundation in June, 2005 that covers the three objectives of the Packard Foundation Population-Initiative. This report to USAID provides a more limited assessment of the success of the Packard and USAID-funded field projects with a particular focus on six USAID-funded projects in the Philippines and Madagascar, three of which are co-funded with Packard.
This 2005 project review concentrates on three major questions:
- What are the likely long-term impacts of this Initiative on funding and the field of Population-Environment?
- What results have been achieved by projects implemented under the Initiative? and
- What lessons have been learned that may be of broader use to the Foundation, other donors, and the field as a result of implementing this Initiative?
Year: 2005
Source: United States Agency for International Development | The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
