Baraza

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 25 2008 | By: baraza

Join me in taking part in the Population Reference Bureau’s upcoming Discuss Online: “Environmental Change: What Are the Links With Migration?”

When: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 1-2 p.m. (EDT)

 Who: Jason Bremner , program director for Population, Health, and Environment at the Population Reference Bureau.

Where: http://discuss.prb.org. You may submit questions in advance and during the discussion. A full transcript of the questions and answers will be posted after the discussion.

There are more international migrants today than ever before, with close to 200 million people living outside their country of birth. Internal migration, the movement of people within their own country, dwarfs international migration. Increasing numbers are refugees fleeing their homeland for another country, or are internally displaced within their own country. Human migration can have rapid and complex impacts on rural and urban environments and can pose great challenges to the conservation of the biodiversity and natural resources. At the same time, environmental changes, such as drought and rising sea levels, are expected to force millions more people to migrate.

On July 30, join Jason Bremner , program director for Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) at PRB, as he answers your questions about the relationships between migration and the environment, current trends, and future migrations related to environmental change. Jason has more than 10 years of experience in PHE programs and research and spent several years studying migration and environment links in the Galapagos and Amazon regions in Latin America .

http://discuss.prb.org

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