by Park Doctor | Oct 8, 2021 | Medicine in Parks, Our Work, Park Doctor, Resources
Read the Call to Action. From the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille, Sept 2021 Meeting in a mixture of in-person and virtual sessions, amidst the backdrop of a world struggling to emerge from a global pandemic, IUCN members from diverse organisations in 170...
by Park Doctor | Mar 3, 2020 | Medicine in Parks, Our Work, Park Doctor, Resources
How will COVID-19 affect my business? Who is most at risk, staff or guests? What measures should I take? Could I be closed down for quarantine if I don’t respond appropriately? These are just some of the questions Safari Tourism businesses are asking about the...
by Park Doctor | Aug 28, 2019 | Important, Planetary Health, Resources
Could the concept of a healthy human on a destroyed planet have any merit? Is there any precedence in history for Doctors taking to arms to defend their field of health and wellness on a grand scale? An article in the New England Journal of Medicine by James Dunk and...
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...
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...
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...
