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COVID-19 & EcoTourism

COVID-19 & EcoTourism

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...
Human Health on an Ailing Planet

Human Health on an Ailing Planet

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...
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...
Healthy Parks Healthy People

Healthy Parks Healthy People

by Park Doctor | Jan 20, 2019 | Doctors and Conservation, Important, Planetary Health, Protected Areas, Resources

The IUCN’s (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) 2014 conference in Sydney was the setting for the launch of their Health Parks Healthy People stream. The concept behind the stream is that humans need green spaces for their health – both...
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