The Environmental Change and Security Program is proud to announce the international premiere of its film, 'Healthy People, Healthy Environment: Integrated Development in Tanzania' (10 min.), at this year’s Environmental Film Festival. Sean Peoples and Michael T. Miller traveled to the northern coast of Tanzania to explore innovative integrated development efforts known as population, health and environment (PHE) projects. In the film, three women – Rukia, Mahija, and Fidea – from the Pangani and Bagamoyo districts demonstrate how they are improving their health, their environment, and their community via interventions such as clean cookstoves, sustainable seaweed farming, and better access to reproductive health services.

Also played was the second episode in the environmental peacebuilding series by Todd Walters and Cory Wilson, 'Transcending Boundaries: Perspectives from the Central Albertine Rift Transfrontier Protected Area Network' (24 min.). Following a look at Waterton-Glacier park at last year’s festival, the film explores the Central Albertine Rift, situated between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda, one of East Africa’s most complex and unstable areas. The film explores geographic, socio-political, and ecological issues with a diverse range of stakeholders who are critical to conservation within this biodiversity hotspot. It also discusses the impact of insecurity in the region and ongoing collaboration for trans-boundary environmental conservation.

For the webcast and a summary of the event, please visit www.wilsoncenter.org/event/environmental-film-festival-ph...

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