Related Sites

Human Culture

Communications

• SatelLife & HealthNet: Connecting the Developing World
  This international not-for-profit organization works to improve communications and information exchange in the fields of public health, medicine and the environment, especially in developing countries.

Health: food security, nutrition, demographics

• The Cairo Conference Home Page
  The UN International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held 5-13 September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. This site is from Canada's International Institute of Sustainable Development.
• Food Security and Food Self Sufficiency in Africa (online paper)
  This paper from the U. of Pennsylvania covers problems and objectives; analysis of the food security situation and related major constraints in Africa; a priority program aimed at improving food security in Africa; and conclusions and recommendations. One drawback: the paper isn't dated.
• Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
  The Center, part of Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, works to enhance health and family planning programs around the world. Two of its major projects are Population Communication Services (PCS) and Population Information Program (PIP).

Habitat: building, energy, water, waste management

• Energy & Development Research Centre
  a university-based research institution, committed to contributing to social equity, economic efficiency/competitiveness and environmental sustainability in the energy sector, primarily within Africa.
• Parched-Thirst Rainwater Harvesting DSS
  This model, from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) can also be applied to a range of other water conservation techniques.
• The Solar Cooking Archive
  Solar ovens make excellent sense in many drylands regions; this site contains extensive information, including numerous downloadable plans for inexpensive solar ovens.
• UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment (UCCEE)
  The Centre supports UNEP in pursuing its aim of incorporating environmental aspects into energy planning and policy world-wide, with special emphasis on developing countries--including those which are arid and semiarid.