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Medical Support for the Tour de Tuli

Medical Support for the Tour de Tuli

by Park Doctor | Aug 27, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Our Work

The Nedbank Tour de Tuli is a mountain bike race taking place over four days and through wilderness areas in countries including Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Participants cover an average of 80kms per day in tough terrain amidst wildlife and sweeping views of...
Doctors Supporting Rangers

Doctors Supporting Rangers

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.  ...
Calling for Family Doctors to Act

Calling for Family Doctors to Act

by Park Doctor | May 15, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Important, Planetary Health, Resources

The World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), the Planetary Health Alliance, and the Clinicians for Planetary Health Working Group have published a declaration that any Family Doctor can commit to. It asks Family Doctors to take action:   We ask family...
Doctors take the lead against air pollution

Doctors take the lead against air pollution

by Park Doctor | May 11, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Important, Planetary Health, Resources

Doctors in the UK have taken a stand against air pollution. Findings show that over 40 towns across the UK have toxic levels of air pollution (according to WHO standards), and doctors say this accounts for the shortening of 40 000 lives every year. This is an example...
UN GEO Report: Human health in dire straits

UN GEO Report: Human health in dire straits

by Park Doctor | May 7, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Important, Planetary Health, Resources

“This is the most thorough, most detailed and most extensive planetary health check. The take-home message is that we should have gone to the doctor sooner. We are in a bad way. The society we would like our children and grandchildren to live in is in real jeopardy. I...
Climate Trauma: Pscychology and the Climate Crisis

Climate Trauma: Pscychology and the Climate Crisis

by Park Doctor | Mar 1, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Planetary Health

A recent article in the Journal Ecospychology raises the issue of how we respond psychologically to the changes happening so rapidly around us – referred to as Climate Trauma. The Abstract reads:   “The disarmingly innocuous term “climate change”...
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