by Park Doctor | Aug 19, 2019 | Important, Protected Areas
How much of the Earth do we need to protect from farming, development and settlement to ensure the future of health of both ourselves and our planet? And how are we doing so far? The Global Deal for Nature calls for half of our planet to be set aside to protect...
by Park Doctor | Jul 31, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Important, Protected Areas
Next time you go to a National Park and appreciate the splendour of a wild place, remember that you can do that because that area, and all species in it, are protected by law and there are people willing to enforce that law – even at great personal cost. ...
by Park Doctor | Jul 3, 2019 | Important, Planetary Health
“Planetary health isn’t a “new discipline”; it is merely an extension of a concept that was understood by our ancestors, and remains the vocation of all healthcare providers. Discourse on the topic requires cultural competency, critical consciousness and a...
by Park Doctor | Jun 5, 2019 | Protected Areas
In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), the authors, who modelled fishing vessel number, type and effort over the past 70 years, find a stark picture. They use Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE)...
by Park Doctor | May 27, 2019 | Planetary Health
Research led by the University of York and presented at the annual general meeting of the Society of Toxicology and Chemistry (SETac) in Helsinki shows that the concentration of antibiotics found in some of the worlds rivers exceeds ‘safe’ levels by up to...
