{"id":15149,"date":"2024-10-29T13:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/?p=15149"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:14:27","slug":"natures-decline-deepens-insights-from-the-living-planet-report-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/10\/natures-decline-deepens-insights-from-the-living-planet-report-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature&#8217;s Decline Deepens: Insights from the Living Planet Report 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1627\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"72% 66%\" style=\"object-position:72% 66%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-1536x976.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Manh-Le-Unsplash-2048x1302.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Nature&#8217;s Decline Deepens: Insights from the Living Planet Report 2024<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-10-29T13:09:07+00:00\">29 October 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\">The Living Planet Report 2024 reveals that wildlife populations have dropped 73% on average since 1970. It warns that national governments are failing to meet biodiversity targets and calls for an urgent need to transform our current economic and food systems, but it only skirts around the issue of continued global population growth. Campaigns and Media Officer Madeleine Hewitt dives into the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every two years WWF, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), publishes an updated <a href=\"https:\/\/livingplanet.panda.org\/en-US\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Living Planet Report<\/em><\/a>. This is compiled from the Living Planet Index which monitors the size of wildlife populations and how they have changed since 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Living Planet Report can provide an overall outlook on how <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/biodiversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biodiversity<\/a> \u2013 a measure of the variability of species on land and in marine environments \u2013 is faring on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WWF\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/livingplanet.panda.org\/en-GB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Living Planet Report<strong>&nbsp;2024<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&nbsp;estimates that we have lost&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/publications\/living-planet-report-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>73% of&nbsp;all vertebrate wildlife populations<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;since 1970. That\u2019s nearly three-quarters of all birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Gone in just 50 years. During that time, our population has more than doubled, increasing from 3.7 billion to over 8.1&nbsp;billion today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Failing Biodiversity Targets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We recently sponsored our partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/10\/cop16-amplifying-our-partners-voices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women for Conservation, to attend COP16 in Cali<\/a>, Colombia. Governments were tasked with reviewing their commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty signed by almost 200 countries, including the UK, to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, according to the <em>Living Planet Report<\/em>, national commitments are falling far short of what\u2019s needed to protect nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, over half the <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/un-sdgs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> targets for 2030 will be missed. And national biodiversity strategies and action plans are inadequate and lack support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-22-at-18.06.46_deb4724e-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-22-at-18.06.46_deb4724e-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-22-at-18.06.46_deb4724e-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-22-at-18.06.46_deb4724e-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-22-at-18.06.46_deb4724e.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Women for Conservation Team at COP16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Failing biodiversity targets pushes the world toward dangerous \u2018tipping points\u2019 as ecosystems reach their natural limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the Amazon Rainforest is considered one of the most important areas for biodiversity in the world. But the Amazon is under threat from climate change and increasing deforestation causing reduced rainfall, destabilising the wet conditions needed for a tropical rainforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tipping point looms if humans clear just 20\u201325% of the Amazon rainforest \u2013 dangerously close, with an estimated 14\u201317% already deforested. Crossing the Amazon\u2019s tipping point would be disastrous for the millions of people and species dependent upon the rainforest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1742\" height=\"1147\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rainforest_boudewijn-huysmans-705525-unsplash_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4256\" style=\"width:660px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rainforest_boudewijn-huysmans-705525-unsplash_small.jpg 1742w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rainforest_boudewijn-huysmans-705525-unsplash_small-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rainforest_boudewijn-huysmans-705525-unsplash_small-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rainforest_boudewijn-huysmans-705525-unsplash_small-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rainforest_boudewijn-huysmans-705525-unsplash_small-1536x1011.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1742px) 100vw, 1742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Governments are also failing to meet their climate commitments to limit average global temperature rises to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels. Existing national climate commitments would lead to an average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/climate-set-warm-by-31-c-without-greater-action-un-report-warns-2024-10-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">global temperature increase of 3\u00b0C<\/a>. This will have catastrophic effects for people and the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unsustainable Food Systems<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts identify food production as one of the main drivers of nature decline. It\u2019s the leading cause of habitat loss \u2013 with forests, wetlands, and other biodiversity hotspots cleared for agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans use over 40% of habitable land for food production. Crop production accounts for 70% of freshwater use. And the entire food sector is responsible for over a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our current food systems are environmentally destructive, unsustainable, and plagued by structural inequalities. Despite record food production, 735 million people still go hungry, whilst obesity rates rise elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continued global population growth places even more pressure to intensify and expand agriculture causing further nature loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite recognising that population growth, rising food demand, and environmental destruction are intertwined, the <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/10\/feeding-billions-failing-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Living Planet Report 2024<\/em> shies away from addressing population growth<\/a> as an indirect driver of accelerating biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/credit-Living-Planet-Report-2024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/credit-Living-Planet-Report-2024.png 624w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/credit-Living-Planet-Report-2024-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Living Planet Report 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Transform the System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Living Planet Report 2024<\/em> includes a bold call to action for the world to re-examine its current economic systems. To move away from economic systems focused on the extraction and overexploitation of natural resources for profit to a system that values nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks, we\u2019ve been exploring <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/10\/the-big-growth-lie-herman-daly-and-a-vision-for-a-steady-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alternative economic models<\/a> that move away from GDP as the sole marker of economic success. We have looked at many models that prioritise people\u2019s well-being and the environment instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Living Planet Report 2024<\/em> joins many alternative economists in urgently calling for a better economic system that benefits both people and the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Different approaches to economic growth will be necessary to address the global goals depending on a country\u2019s economic status. We need to move beyond economic wealth and GDP as the principal measures of progress, toward a well-being economy that promotes sufficient shared prosperity and living in a way that regenerates nature and stabilizes the climate.<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Living Planet Report 2024<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blog-image-1.png\" alt=\"Growth Economy\" class=\"wp-image-14977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blog-image-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blog-image-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blog-image-1-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Blog-image-1-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What about population?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Frustratingly, the Living Planet Report only includes a fleeting reference to population growth as an underlying cause of continued nature decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u2026the root causes of nature degradation. These include consumption and production patterns, human population dynamics and trends, trade, technological innovations, and inadequate or failed local to global governance.<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Living Planet Report 2024<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though population growth underpins multiple drivers of habitat loss including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More people need ever more food. Land clearing and pesticide run-off from intensive agriculture causes up to <a href=\"https:\/\/eatforum.org\/eat-lancet-commission\/eat-lancet-commission-summary-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>80% of extinction threats<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to mammal and bird species.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More people need ever more space. Damaging human activity continues to encroach on natural environments, with <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/08\/running-out-of-room-humans-encroaching-on-wildlife-habitats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">humans expected to expand into 50% more land by 2070<\/a> \u2013 increasing human-wildlife conflict and nature loss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More people need more things. Our population\u2019s relentless&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/the-facts\/resources-consumption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>consumption of resources<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;such as timber, oil and minerals is continuing to destroy natural habitats around the globe.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More people produce more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>climate emissions<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The continued reluctance to address population growth as a driver of biodiversity loss only further stalls progress. It is especially frustrating when the positive solutions available to address population include the <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/04\/what-is-population-health-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">holistic Population Health Environment (PHE) approach<\/a>. PHE improves health outcomes for the local community and protects natural habitats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, we\u2019re proud to have sent our partners, Women for Conservation, to COP16 to promote the benefits of the PHE approach. And we\u2019ll continue our work to emphasise why population matters when it comes to protecting biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2024%2F10%2Fnatures-decline-deepens-insights-from-the-living-planet-report-2024%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M400 32H48A48 48 0 0 0 0 80v352a48 48 0 0 0 48 48h137.25V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.27c-30.81 0-40.42 19.12-40.42 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V480H400a48 48 0 0 0 48-48V80a48 48 0 0 0-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg> Share<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2024%2F10%2Fnatures-decline-deepens-insights-from-the-living-planet-report-2024%2F&amp;text=Nature's%20Decline%20Deepens%3A%20Insights%20from%20the%20Living%20Planet%20Report%202024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z\"><\/path><\/svg> Tweet<\/div><\/a><a class=\"li-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2024%2F10%2Fnatures-decline-deepens-insights-from-the-living-planet-report-2024%2F&amp;text=Nature's%20Decline%20Deepens%3A%20Insights%20from%20the%20Living%20Planet%20Report%202024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg> Post<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-blue-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-grid grid grid-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/09\/redistribute-resources-eliminate-waste-circular-economy-part-one\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Redistribute Resources, Eliminate Waste: Circular Economy &#8211; Part One<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/paulo-carrolo-nba9MRXrZE4-unsplash-768x512.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-14790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/paulo-carrolo-nba9MRXrZE4-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/paulo-carrolo-nba9MRXrZE4-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/paulo-carrolo-nba9MRXrZE4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/paulo-carrolo-nba9MRXrZE4-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/paulo-carrolo-nba9MRXrZE4-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>A Circular Economy is an alternative economic model focused on the redistribution of resources and elimination of waste, for the betterment of both people and the planet. But is it achievable in a growth obsessed world?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/10\/cop16-amplifying-our-partners-voices\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>COP16: Amplifying Our Partner\u2019s Voices<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/banner-cop16-web-768x202.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-14985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/banner-cop16-web-768x202.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/banner-cop16-web-300x79.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/banner-cop16-web-1024x269.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/banner-cop16-web.jpeg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The United Nations Biodiversity Conference is taking place in Cali, Colombia this year, and we are excited to be sponsoring our long-time partners Women for Conservation to attend the event and promote family planning as an important aspect when it comes to protecting biodiversity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2024\/04\/what-is-population-health-environment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>What Is Population, Health, Environment?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-12359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WfC-8-3.jpeg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Population Health Environment (PHE) is an integrated approach to environmental conservation, family planning, and sustainable development. 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