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Learning Brief Number 3: Goodwill Generation for Conservation Through the Population-Health-Environment Approach

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The Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Alliance Project, implemented by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) from 2008 to 2011, with support from the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health and Johnson & Johnson, aimed to change that practice, and by doing so, deepen the sector’s understanding of the value of the PHE approach for conservation, and how the sector could better measure that value. The following learning brief explores the role of goodwill generation in-site based conservation through the PHE approach, using a case study from one PHE Alliance project site- in Nepal. The brief concludes that generating goodwill for conservation is a viable justification for implementing PHE projects to improve conservation outcomes. The case study highlights positive outcomes relating to the generation of goodwill for conservation, in a place where communities have historically been somewhat suspicious about WWF’s conservation agenda. The case study findings suggest that in the future, with more research, the PHE approach might emerge as a useful strategy for transforming community attitudes and behaviors towards conservation that are critical to ensuring long term conservation success.

Year: 2011

Source: World Wildlife Fund

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    Community Outreach

    Conservation

    Integration

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    Learning Brief Number 2: Women’s Empowerment for Conservation Through the Population-Health-Environment Approach

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    The Population-Health-Environment (PHE) Alliance Project, implemented by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) from 2008 to 2011, with support from the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health and Johnson & Johnson, aimed to change that practice, and by doing so, deepen the sector’s understanding of the value of the PHE approach for conservation, and how the sector could better measure that value. The following learning brief explores the role of women’s empowerment in site-based conservation through the PHE approach, using case studies from two PHE Alliance project sites – in Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The brief concludes that women’s empowerment is a viable justification for implementing PHE projects to improve conservation outcomes, as well as an end in itself. The case studies highlight positive women’s empowerment outcomes and suggest that in the future, the PHE approach might emerge as a powerful strategy for ensuring: women’s meaningful involvement in conservation, women’s ability to derive tangible benefits from conservation, and more sustainable conservation successes.

    Year: 2011

    Source: World Wildlife Fund

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      Family Planning

      Integration

      Women's Empowerment

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      Learning Brief Number 1: Conservation and Family Planning: What Is the Value of Integrating Family Planning Into Conservation Projects?

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      Conservation organizations have integrated family planning into site-based conservation activities in selected countries for almost two decades yet lacked strong evidence of the approach’s value to conservation. The aim of this analysis was to identify evidence of linkages between family planning interventions and conservation outcomes in conservation field projects. The analysis examined a portfolio of eight projects across six countries that had: primary end goals of conservation, been involved for at least three years in bringing family planning to local communities, and substantial amounts of monitoring and evaluation. WWF staff conducted semi-structured interviews with field project managers about linkages between family planning interventions and conservation outcomes. WWF staff then solicited existing data from projects and synthesized evidence. Results indicate strong evidence for the earliest stages of several common assumption patterns, particularly in support of the assumption that family planning interventions implemented by conservation organizations lead to an increase in family planning use in the remote areas where these projects are implemented. Other linkages remained more tenuous.

      Abridged version of this resource.

      Year: 2011

      Source: World Wildlife Fund

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        Family Planning

        Integration

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        Linking Family Planning to Resilience in the Sahel: A Pilot Intervention Based on Partnership and Integration

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        In 2017, the Evidence to Action (E2A) Project (2011–present), with support from USAID, launched “Building Resilience through Strengthening and Integrating Reproductive Health and Family Planning in Niger” (RISE-FP) in the Sahel to integrate quality family planning (FP) programming into the RISE initiative.

        USAID solicited the project to integrate quality family planning programming into the 2014 RISE initiative, a groundbreaking initiative with multiple partners that focused on building the resilience of chronically vulnerable households in targeted agro-pastoral and marginal agriculture zones in Niger and Burkina Faso through economic empowerment, strengthening governance, and improving health and nutrition.

        As part of the RISE-FP project, E2A proposed to pilot and document an innovative FP and resilience intervention built on the concepts of integration and partnership between the health and non-health sectors. Although the intervention was relatively small in scale in comparison to that of E2A and RISE activities across the region, its significance is substantial.

        Year: 2020

        Source: Pathfinder International

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          Integration

          Resilience

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          Sustaining Health, Rights, & the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin

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          This publication explores experience from phase one (2011-2014) of the HoPE-LVB project, and offers considerations for implementing a scalable, integrated PHE project.

          Year: 2015

          Source: Pathfinder International

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            Institutionalization

            Integration

            Scale-up

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            Bottom-up Advocacy for Sustainability: Community-led Changes in Local By-laws on Bussi & Jaguzi Islands, Uganda

            This brief discusses the Health of People and Environment—Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE–LVB) project’s experience with advocacy on Bussi & Jaguzi Islands, Uganda, and offers lessons for other implementers on how to lay the groundwork to sustain integrated PHE projects at the sub-national level.

            Year: 2016

            Source: Pathfinder International

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            Institutionalizing of Integrated Programming into Government Systems: A View of Homa Bay County

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            This brief discusses the Health of People and Environment—Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE–LVB) project’s experience with advocacy in Homa Bay County, Kenya, and offers lessons for other implementers on how to lay the groundwork to sustain integrated PHE projects at the sub-national level.

            Year: 2016

            Source: Pathfinder International

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              Integration

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              Scaling-up the Population, Health, and Environment Approach in the Lake-Victoria Basin: A Review of the Results from Phases I and II of the HoPE-LVB project

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              This brief summarizes the results from the internal evaluation of Phases I and II of the HoPE-LVB project, implemented from 2011-2017.

              Year: 2018

              Source: Pathfinder International

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                Monitoring & Evaluation

                Scale-up

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                Prioritizing Health Needs: Institutionalizing Integration Through Population, Health, and Environment Advocacy in East Africa

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                This brief describes the strong advocacy component used by the HoPE-LVB project to ensure institutionalization and expansion of successfully tested approaches, particularly collaboration with the Lake Victoria Basin Commission as an institutional partner.

                Year: 2018

                Source: Pathfinder International

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                  Institutionalization

                  Integration

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                  Population, Health, and Environment Approaches Enhance Youth Leadership and Development

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                  This policy brief and web feature describe how PHE projects contribute to youth development. Youth are defined in these products as young people between the ages of 10 and 29. The brief and web feature illustrate how youth leadership and inclusion within integrated approaches contribute to sectoral outcomes, and the web feature includes two case studies and videos that explore these outcomes. Finally, the products provide recommendations for policymakers, advocates, and organizations interested in youth and PHE to improve project design, foster youth development, and invest in monitoring and evaluating the benefits of PHE integration for youth.

                  Year: 2018

                  Source: Population Reference Bureau

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                    Advocacy

                    Youth

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