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THE PROJECT ON ENVIRONMENT, POPULATION AND SECURITY
DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND DISCUSSION FORUM
The Project on Environment, Population and Security presents two new
Internet-based resources in the field of environment and security.
The Document Distribution System and the Discussion Forum provide
analysts, scholars and policymakers with the opportunity to receive
policy relevant, scholarly analyses of the impact of renewable
resource scarcity, population growth, and migration on civil and
regional violence and to enter into a discussion of these issues with
colleagues across the country and around the world.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Project, under the direction of Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon, will
gather, evaluate, integrate and disseminate existing data on causal
linkages among population growth, renewable resource scarcities,
migration and violent conflict. The project will gather as much
evidence about such linkages as possible, examine and compare the best
material to see if common patterns of causation exist across
societies, economic regions, and time; and provide accessible
summaries of these findings to policymakers. In this effort, it will
be guided by three key questions:
What is known about the links among population growth, renewable
resource scarcities, migration and violent conflict?
What can be known about these links?
What are the critical methodological issues affecting research on
these links?
DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
(ENVSEC_D)
The initial purpose of the electronic document distribution system is
to disseminate documents and announcements produced by the Project.
The system will also post documents and announcements produced by
other projects examining issues related to environment and security.
This service is provided free of charge.
To subscribe to the Document Distribution System, send a message (no
subject, please) to the following address:
In the body of the message, type the following text:
subscribe ENVSEC_D "Your Email Address"
Substitute you Email address for the portion in quotation marks.
If you are interested in posting a publication or announcement to our
document distribution system, please send your request for posting to
mailto:PSIS@AAAS.ORG. Do not send requests to ENVSEC_D@AAAS.ORG.
All posted documents will be available through the AAAS Gopher or FTP
sites. If you do not have access to Gopher or FTP software, please
send your publication requests to mailto:PSIS@AAAS.ORG, indicating that you
wish to obtain documents that have been posted on the ENVSEC_D mailing
list.
DISCUSSION FORUM
(ENVSEC_F)
The purpose of this forum is to encourage the discussion of issues
related to the environmental dimensions of security. The forum will
provide subscribers with the opportunity to share opinions and
analyses with individuals and organizations across North America and
around the world.
To subscribe to the Discussion Forum, send a message (no subject,
please) to the following address:
In the body of the message, type the following text:
subscribe ENVSEC_F "Your E-Mail Address"
Substitute your E-mail address for the portion in quotation marks.
If you wish to post a message to the discussion forum, address your
message to mailto:ENVSEC_F@AAAS.ORG.
If you have any questions or comments related to the organization or
management of this forum, please direct them to the following address:
mailto:PSIS@AAAS.ORG.
The Project on Environment, Population and Security is a cooperative
effort of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program of the University of
Toronto, the Program on Science and International Security of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington and
the Canadian Centre for Global Security in Ottawa. It is funded by
the Global Stewardship Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts.