The PHE global community has benefitted from several important national and international conferences that have motivated host countries to take important steps toward mainstreaming PHE into national and local biodiversity conservation and environmental management policies and programs. Early conferences held in the Philippines provided the opportunity for local PHE champions to meet each other and to engage with national leaders. These venues attracted global experts and called attention to the fundamental on-the-ground outreach and advocacy efforts in the Philippines. The 2007 Regional Population, Health and Environment conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia served as the launching point for the East Africa PHE network and, following the Philippines example, energized PHE work in Ethiopia due to the large number of local leaders able to participate and meet their peers in the international meeting.

The Woodrow Wilson Center conducts and makes available its growing, lively collection of streaming video broadcasts and summaries from its PHE speaker series and events. This unique source of up-to-date materials also serves as a model of possibilities for country and project leaders (also see section on Capacity Building).