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Population-Environmental Piggybacking:. Integrating an Environmental Module into Guatemala's Demographic and Health Survey. By: Liza Grandia, President ProPet é n, Board of Directors & Ph.D. Candidate UC-Berkeley, Department of Anthropology.
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Population-Environmental Piggybacking: Integrating an Environmental Module into Guatemala's Demographic and Health Survey By: Liza Grandia, President ProPetén, Board of Directors & Ph.D. Candidate UC-Berkeley, Department of Anthropology
All-weather dirt road inaugurated in 1969 connecting Peten with Guatemala City
Petén’s Population, 1714-present Source: Schwartz (1990) A Forest Society Petén has grown by around 10% annually since 1960. Roughly 2/3 of that growth has been from in-migration and 1/3 from natural reproduction.
Between the 1960s and 1990s, more than half Petén’s forests were lost. View over Tikal
Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR) • Established in 1990 by the Guatemalan Congress • 16,000 km2, twice the size of Yellowstone • Largest protected area north of the Amazon • Sub-tropical forests, wetlands, and savannas • Heartland of the ancient Maya civilization and home to the ruins of Tikal • High level of biodiversity and an important habitat for migratory birds
Settlements in the Maya Biosphere Reserve Source: Grunberg, et al. CARE/CEMEC-CONAP
Population ProjectionsWorking-Age Men (15-19) in the Maya Biosphere Reserve
From forestry to family planning? Photo credit: Liza Grandia Photo credit: Liza Grandia
Mission Generate innovative processes that facilitate the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of Petén by fostering sustainable and equitable development based on community participation, relevant scientific research, strategic alliances and policy. Thematic focus • Population, health and environment • Environmental education • Economic alternatives for sustainable development • Relevant research and advocacy Conservation with Humanity www.propeten.org
Peten DHS Themes Migration Agriculture Land extension and tenure Conservation and environmental knowledge and opinions Pesticides Population perceptions Wage labor and nontimber forest products
Additional themes Agrarian issues (inheritance and relation to family size) Land speculation and concentration Environmental opinions Environmental justice issues Traditional medicine Nutrition and agriculture, local foods
Guatemala 1978: 6.8 1987: 5.6 1995: 5.1 1998: 5.0 2002: 4.4 Petén in 1998 Overall: 6.8 Urban: 4.3 Rural 7.6 (indigenous 8.6) (mestizo 6.1) Total Fertility Rate (TFR) Petén in 2002 • Overall: 5.8 Breakdown not available Source: Demographic and Health Surveys, Guatemala
Primary Health Care in Critical Conservation Areas The community health post in Paso Caballos, built after this village burned down the Conservation International biological station in Laguna del Tigre National Park.
Hands-on midwifery training Photo credit: ProPeten
