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#1215552019-07-11
Can we feed 11 billion people while preventing the spread of infectious disease?
A new article describes how the increase in population and the need to feed everyone will give rise to human infectious disease, a situation the authors of the paper consider 'two of the most formidable ecological and public health challenges of the 21st century.'
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#1195622019-01-24
Canada’s New Food Guide Is A Win For Health, Animals And The Planet
After years of research analysis, stakeholder and public consultation, and message testing, Health Canada has published an updated version of Canada's Food Guide.
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#1330042022-02-08
Canadian Doctors Can Now Prescribe ‘Spending Time in Nature’ for Patients’ Mental Health
Not all doctors recommend just bed-rest, or time-off from work, or pills. Some can even write you prescriptions to go visit parks and spend time in nature. Well, at least, doctors in Canada are doing that.
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#1226152019-10-10
Caring for the environment helps to care for your mental health
On this World Mental Health Day, we draw attention to the relationship between mental health and the environment.
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#1279692021-04-08
Celebrating Global Unity for a COVID-19 Recovery on World Health Day with Art Shows
Celebrated each year on April 7, the theme of the World Health Day this year is building a fairer, healthier world for everyone while recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#1267032021-01-26
China's new animal health rules alone won't stop zoonotic outbreaks, experts warn
China’s attempts to prevent another zoonotic disease outbreak will fail without deep changes in enforcement, oversight, and extensive investment to ramp up veterinary capacity, say experts.
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#1302852021-09-03
Climate change adaptation brings health co-benefits
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased attention on links between public health and the planet's health—areas traditionally addressed in separate science and policy circles. Now, an international research collaboration conducted the first comprehensive review of urban climate change responses and p ...
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#1203342019-03-13
Communicating the health of the planet and its links to human health
The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health1 in 2015 argued that although human health has improved dramatically between 1950 and 2010, this gain was accompanied by unprecedented environmental degradation that now threatens both human health and life-support systems.
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#1193112019-01-09
Conservation Of Traditional Medicinal Plants In Asia Facing A Dark Future – Analysis
Anhar Rabiyah of the tribal Pannei, an indigenous group in Pangkep, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sikrip Piyaporn, an ethnic minority who lives in Pu Luong, Thailand and Tuyoc Ballanga of the Maeng Itneg tribe in Tubo, Abra, Philippines don’t know each other from Adam.
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#1345272022-05-17
Conserving Biodiversity, Preserving Mental Health
Activist Tori Tsui dismantles the euro-centricity and ableism of ‘eco-anxiety’ and outlines why mental health is planetary health.
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#1204742019-03-25
Conserving These Endangered Prawns Is A Tasty Way To Protect Human Health
Restocking rivers in tropical and subtropical Africa with a large endangered freshwater prawn not only provides locals with a protein-rich food source, but it also breaks the deadly life cycle of schistosomiasis
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#1248492020-03-25
Coronavirus and Climate Change: Observing World Water Day
The theme of this year’s World Water Day, observed on 22 March, is water and climate change. The issue has taken on greater urgency, given the global spread of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, responsible for over 13,000 deaths worldwide to date.
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#1248792020-03-25
Coronavirus: 'Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief
Nature is sending us a message with the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing climate crisis, according to the UN’s environment chief, Inger Andersen.
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#1282552021-04-26
Could A Lack Of Respect For Mother Nature Cause The Next Pandemic?
The destruction of other species’ natural habitats could see the next COVID-like infectious disease span the globe. his is one of the reasons why we signed the Terra Carta – HRH The Prince of Wales’s biodiversity plan to harness “the irreplaceable power of nature”.
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#1255312020-11-04
Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?
The world is in an “era of pandemics”. Unless the destruction of the natural world is halted, diseases will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people and affect the global economy with more devastating impacts than ever before. This was the stark warning from the world’s leading s ...
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#1258592020-11-25
Covid pandemic has helped people to ‘re-engage’ with nature, says agency
Covid-19 challenged people’s abilities to cope with societal disruption but prompted stronger appreciation of “connectedness to the environment on a local scale” even within a few kilometres of home.
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#1325012022-01-14
Covid: Viral photo highlights challenges of vaccinating Amazon
A photo of an indigenous man carrying his father on his back to take a Covid-19 vaccine in the Brazilian Amazon has gone viral, and became a symbol of the complicated vaccination logistics in one of the world's most remote areas.
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#1273722021-02-26
Creature comfort: why TV nature shows are good for mental health
From Planet Earth to Springwatch and beyond, programmes about animals in the natural world can soothe the nervous system and raise the spirits
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#1253502020-04-30
Deadlier outbreaks could follow coronavirus pandemic if people don't stop destroying nature, say experts
Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, infrastructure development and exploitation of wild species have created a ‘perfect storm’ for the spillover of diseases from wildlife to people.
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#1325462022-01-17
Decline of biodiversity, health of Indigenous peoples interconnected
When Danika Littlechild was growing up in Maskwacis, Alta., her uncle would pick her up after school and walk her home through the bush to her kôhkom’s (grandmother’s) house. He would show her different plants and fungi along the way, teaching her their names and telling stories about when to ha ...
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#1289092021-05-31
Declining biodiversity in wild Amazon fisheries threatens human diet: Study
According to a study, the people in the Peruvian Amazon could suffer major nutritional shortages if ongoing losses in fish biodiversity continue
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#1250562020-04-09
Deforestation isn't just an environmental problem. It's a public health crisis.
Deforestation, habitat loss and wildlife poaching aren't just environmental issues. They're among the driving forces behind the rise in global infectious disease outbreaks -- and likely contributed the current pandemic.
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#1247212020-03-17
Destruction Of Habitat And Loss Of Biodiversity Are Creating The Perfect Conditions For Diseases Like Covid-19 To Emerge
Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the great Minkebe forest in northern Gabon, are used to occasional bouts of diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. Mostly they ...
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#1229412019-11-08
Diet for healthy people, healthy planet too costly for some
At US$2.84 per head per day, the ‘ideal diet’ would be beyond reach for nearly 1.6 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, researchers say.
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#1243592020-02-25
Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction
I was struggling with my mental health when I started wandering daily on the marshes. The experience opened my eyes to the extraordinary healing power of the natural world
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#1263852020-12-21
Egypt reports bird flu outbreaks in rural area
Local authorities in rural Egypt have declared a state of emergency after detecting two outbreaks of bird flu.Nagy Awad, head of the veterinary agency in the southwestern province of al-Wadi al-Gedid, said Sunday that avian influenza was detected in two poultry farms in the villages of Ezab el-Q ...
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#1276612021-03-10
Environment: A natural remedy for mental ill-health
The natural environment is one of the key determinants concerning mental health. In past years, research has increasingly highlighted the interplay between both. Given the overwhelming evidence of nature’s positive impact on mental wellbeing, tackling environmental degradation can offer win-win ...
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#1263152020-12-17
Expanded biodiversity infrastructure is essential for pandemic preparedness, say experts
When you imagine a visit to a natural history museum, the first thing that springs to mind could be dinosaur bones or taxidermized animals.
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#1265642021-01-12
FAO Director-General stresses crucial role of biodiversity in combating zoonotic diseases
Emphasizing the interconnectedness of environmental, animal and human health, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu reiterated FAO’s commitment to continue supporting the mainstreaming of biodiversity across agriculture and food sectors also by the Hand in Hand Initiative.
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#1197052019-01-31
Feeding the Ten Billion
Our current diets are bad for our health and are harming the planet. Two billion people are now overweight or obese. Poor diet is the biggest cause of noncommunicable disease in the world, posing a greater risk of morbidity and mortality than unsafe sex, alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse combined.
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#1334642022-02-23
Feeling ill? Take two hours of nature and call us in the morning
THE WORST PART about living in the largest city in the U.S. is that it often feels like there are more buildings, people, and trash piles than there are trees. But every once in a while, I make the subway journey to the beach or a big park to remind myself that I’m alive and there are green spaces.
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#1281092021-04-20
Fires ravage forests in Himalayas, threatening health and biodiversity
Wildfires described as ‘the worst in a decade’ have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a thick haze and killed at least eight people in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Seven were killed neighbouring Nepal, where wildfires raged across several districts and forced a four ...
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#1262502020-12-15
First case of coronavirus detected in wild animal
The first known case of coronavirus in a wild animal has been reported, leading to calls for widespread monitoring of wildlife. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a wild mink had tested positive around an infected mink farm in Utah.
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#1215282019-07-10
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infects Three as Experts Warn Warming Oceans Could Make It More Common
Within the last month, at least three people have contracted a flesh-eating infection from an ocean-dwelling bacterium — an occurrence that experts warn could become more frequent as the world's oceans warm.
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#1237392020-01-15
Food Is the Cause—And Cure—For Health and Environment, Says Dr. Hyman
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mark Hyman joins NowThis sustainability reporter Lucy Biggers to discuss how America’s food system is connected to adverse health outcomes—and environmental harm. “Food is a nexus where everything comes together,” says Dr ...
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#1231062019-11-25
Food for thought: dietary changes can improve our health, health of planet
Our health and what we eat are inextricably linked. A balanced, nutritious diet gives us energy, keeps us focused and keeps many medical conditions at bay.
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#1195082019-01-18
Food in the Anthropocene
More than 800 million people still live in hunger, and many of us now eat more unhealthy than ever. Global food production remains the largest pressure caused by humans on the planet, threatening local ecosystems and the stability of the Earth system itself.
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#1246592020-03-13
Forest-Inspired Beauty Is Here To Save You From Stress And Help Your Skin
We’ve long looked to Japan for the latest beauty and wellness trends, and the latest one, forest bathing, is no exception. Known as Shinrin-Yoku, the practice entails simply spending time in nature and using all of our senses to take in the soothing forest atmosphere.
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#1348332022-06-02
Geese, skuas, cranes and even foxes: avian flu takes growing toll on wildlife
One ecologist counted 160 dead wild birds while walking round a Scottish loch, and figures from other countries are just as worrying. As he walked along the shoreline of a Highland loch on a fine May evening, ecologist and wildlife photographer Peter Stronach could hardly believe what he was seeing.
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#1205642019-03-29
Germ warfare: Biodiversity might be the cure for modern sickness – and lower health costs as well
Adelaide researchers are exploring a very big idea that would tackle the rise of allergies, asthma and immune diseases – and the spiralling cost of healthcare.
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#1336702022-03-03
Germany announces 50 mn euros for new nature for health fund
The German Federal Ministry for Environment and Nature Conservation, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) on Thursday jointly announced the establishment of a Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) on nature for health.
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#1232112019-12-02
Green spaces in cities can help people live longer
The world's largest review to date has recently established just how important urban green space is for staving off premature death.Some 63% of people in the United States live in cities.
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#1246602020-03-13
Greenpeace proposes 70% meat consumption reduction by 2030
Europeans devour 1.58 kg of meat per week, which has serious effects on the climate. Among Europeans, the French are the 6th-biggest meat consumers, chomping through 83 kilos per year per person. By comparison, the Spaniards eat more than 100 kilos of meat, while Bulgarians only eat 58 kilos.
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#1258032020-11-20
Half of child psychiatrists surveyed say patients have environment anxiety
More than half of child and adolescent psychiatrists in England are seeing patients distressed about the state of the environment, a survey has revealed.
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#1330572022-02-09
Health Canada releases assessment report on effects of climate change on health
The price of climate change is real. This crisis has already taken lives in extreme heat waves, and is increasing risks to Canadians from flooding, and from respiratory illnesses like asthma.
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#1205992019-04-01
Health benefits of Lemon
Lemon, Citrus limon, belongs to family of evergreen flowering plants called Rutaceae. Lemon issued for culinary purposes as well as in cleaning and cosmetics.
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#1272322021-02-22
Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040
On World Health Day in 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “protecting human health is the ‘bottom line’ of climate change strategies”.
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#1290802021-06-04
Health effects of the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo will be felt for a long time
The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), led to the deaths of at least 30 people. There could however be longer term health implications for residents of the area.
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#1229102019-11-07
Healthy ecosystems, healthy humans: ‘One Health’ broadens its scope
The world’s most impoverished communities don’t need to be told that intact ecosystems are vital to their health, says Joseph Walston, vice president for field conservation programs with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). They get it.
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#1319212021-11-24
Holistic approach needed to tackle the impact of climate change on mental health
Dr Lawrance said: “Climate change and biodiversity loss are linked to poor mental and physical health. Wildfires, floods and heatwaves have resulted in people losing homes, higher hospital attendance and new cases of mental illness. To turn this around we need to start looking at this issue ho ...