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#1354412022-07-26
Biodiversity called into focus
With ASEAN’s critical history and experience with pandemics, biodiversity and health have become among the key focus areas at the national and regional levels, according to Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) Dr Theresa Mundita S Lim.
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#1353742022-07-20
‘The scale is hard to grasp’: avian flu wreaks devastation on seabirds
Dozens of coastal sites in the UK closed to the public as H5N1 continues to sweep through wild bird populations across the world. Aquarter of Europe’s breeding seabirds spend spring in the UK, turning our coastline into a giant maternity unit. These noisy outcrops usually stink of bird poo. Howe ...
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#1352382022-07-06
Urban wetlands ‘could improve wellbeing in deprived UK areas’
Creating wildlife-rich wetlands such as ponds, streams and rain gardens in deprived urban areas could help level up inequalities in wellbeing across the UK, according to a report.
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#1352292022-07-05
The path to global health equity is through neglected tropical diseases. Here's why
Leaders of the Commonwealth, a group of 54 countries that are home to a third of the world’s population, met in Kigali, Rwanda, between 20-25 June, with the aim of strengthening international cooperation on some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity.
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#1351562022-06-30
The impact of climate change on cardiovascular mortality
Two new University of Pennsylvania studies led by LDI Senior Fellow and Perelman School of Medicine cardiologist Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH are bringing a greater focus on the increasing health threat of extreme heat waves and the deadly connection between those weather events and cardiovascular mo ...
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#1350352022-06-22
Britain’s largest butterfly at risk as fungal pathogens kill food source
Britain’s largest butterfly may be at risk from fungal pathogens that have caused a drastic die-back of the rare plant on which its caterpillars feed.
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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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#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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#1343132022-05-05
New Zealand on verge of wiping out painful cattle disease
New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating a painful disease from its herd of 10 million cattle after a four-year campaign that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and resulted in more than 175,000 cows being killed.
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#1342172022-04-28
Study: Climate change is creating disease hotspots
Although COVID-19’s precise origins may always remain a mystery, the disease that has claimed more than 6 million lives, halted global economies, and caused immense suffering most likely came from a bat.
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#1342202022-04-28
‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics
There will be at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over the next 50 years, with the climate crisis helping fuel a “potentially devastating” spread of disease that will imperil animals and people and risk further pandemics, researchers have warned.
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#1342382022-04-28
Why Doctors Are Prescribing Nature Walks
In early April 2022, about two dozen children and their families gathered beneath the redwoods in a regional park near Oakland, Calif.
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#1342522022-04-28
Why does biodiversity matter to human health and economic well-being?
There is significant evidence to show how biodiversity positively impacts health and economic security. Conservation can no longer be put on the back burner.
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#1341262022-04-20
Age of traditional medicine will start with establishment of WHO centre in Jamnagar, says PM Modi
That is the reason why the world is searching for new avenues of healthcare delivery, said Modi.Referring to ancient scriptures, he said Ayurveda and other Indian traditional medicine systems were not limited to only treatment, as they are considered as holistic sciences.
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#1340992022-04-18
Plants hold key to developing future cancer treatments
Cancer care relies on complex therapies involving radioactive materials and sophisticated drugs and has come far from past remedies based on plants and herbs. However, scientists warn there is still a need to understand the botanical roots of tumour treatments – to maintain new sources of drugs ...
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#1340402022-04-13
Bringing public health to forefront
The importance of forging robust linkages to ensure the health of people and the planet was highlighted in a recent statement by Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) Dr Theresa Mundita S Lim.
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#1339392022-04-06
Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
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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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#1336572022-03-02
An Ecopsychologist On How To Connect To Nature From Anywhere (Even Indoors)
I was born and raised in Suriname, the most forest-covered nation in the world, with 98% tree cover. "Nature Deficit Disorder"—a term that author Richard Louv coined to describe how being disconnected from nature can harm health—was not something I needed to worry about growing up.
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#1335292022-02-25
How Climate Change Affects Our Brains
When I was a little girl, my favorite thing to do was to listen to my grandmother’s stories. During mealtimes, we would all sit at the dining table, and I would beg my grandmother to tell me memories from her childhood in Istanbul, Turkey, where I was born and raised.
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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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#1333812022-02-21
‘I forget everything’: the benefits of nature for mental health
During Covid lockdowns, Sharon Powell felt alone. She was caring for her father, 90, who was deteriorating from Parkinson’s disease and dementia, and looking after him had become increasingly difficult.
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#1331222022-02-11
A possible COVID-19 silver lining for great ape conservation
Respiratory illness outbreaks among wild mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park have declined since the start of COVID-19, according to a Correspondence report in the journal Nature from Gorilla Doctors and the Rwanda Development Board.
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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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#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.