such processes with appropriate partnerships, training, and support. � PHE integration is fast and inexpensive. Integrating family planning and health services into community forest management programs can be achieved quickly and at relatively low cost. Because the Community Forest Coordination Committee was already organized and adept at governance, the project saved significant time and an estimated $10,000 that otherwise would have been required to achieve the same level of community mobilization. Leveraging the user groups' community development funds also improved the project's cost effectiveness. � Partnering with natural resource management groups helps health projects reach vulnerable populations. Working with community organizations like forest user groups can add value to family planning and health programs. Through this partnership, the project was able to promote family planning in disadvantaged, difficult-to-reach communities as a way to improve their livelihoods. � Successful advocacy communication is key. By demonstrating how PHE both improves health and reduces vulnerability to poverty, the project was able to catalyze the support and participation of forest user groups. NGOs should include representatives of their target audiences in the process of developing key messages and identifying the best messengers. � Partnering with user groups makes PHE projects more sustainable. Communities that recognize that rapid population growth threatens forest resources are more likely to support family planning and reproductive health activities. Rather than creating a new PHE project or agenda, NGOs should first look for an existing natural resource management program that could serve as a platform for implementing family planning and reproductive health initiatives. Providing health and family planning services linked to environmental activities not only improves health, but can also help relieve environmental pressure. Feeding cattle in stalls prevents them from trampling and browsing in the forest, enabling it to regenerate. The cattle also provide milk, which improves child nutrition and generates household income (� Judy Oglethorpe/ WWF-US). John Pielemeier 9 FOCUS on population, environment, and security References Asian Development Bank (ADB). (2001). Country economic review: Nepal. Available online at http:// www.adb.org/documents/CERs/NEP/2001/execsum.asp Asian Development Bank (ADB). (2007). Key indicators of developing Asian and Pacific countries, Nepal. Available online at http://www.adb.org/Documents/ Books/Key_Indicators/2007/pdf/NEP.pdf Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) [Nepal]. (2001). 2001 population and housing census. Available online at http://www.cbs.gov.np/national_report_2001. php Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA). (2008, February 19). Improving family health in southern Nepal. Available online at http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/1769 D'Agnes, Leona. (2007). Field notes from monitoring visit to WWF's PHE project areas in the Khata Corridor of Nepal's Terai Region. De Silva-de Alwis, Rangita. (2008). Child marriage and the law. New York: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Available online at http://www. unicef.org/Child_Marriage_and_the_Law.pdf Encyclopedia of the Earth (EOE). (2007, September 21). Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands. Available online at http://www.eoearth.org/article/TeraiDuar_savanna_and_grasslands Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (2005). Global forest resources assessment 2005 [Dataset]. Available online at http://www.fao.org/ forestry/32185/en/npl/ Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, & Macro International Inc. (2007). Nepal demographic and health survey 2006. Kathmandu, Nepal: MOPH, New ERA, & Macro International Inc. Available online at http://pdf. usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADJ206.pdf Ministry of Population and Environment (MOPE) [Nepal]. (2001, June). Nepal's state of the environment (agriculture and forests). Kathmandu, Nepal: MOPE. Available online at http://www.most.gov. np/en/pdf/environment/publications/sta