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New WHO “call to action” on nature, biodiversity and health
20 May 2021
Authored by Centre academics, the report focuses on how ecosystems can support health and wellbeing.
Save our oceans to protect our health – scientists call for global action plan
17 May 2021
Scientists have proposed the first steps towards a united global plan to save our oceans, for the sake of human health. An interdisciplinary European collaboration called the Seas Oceans and Public…
Using green social prescribing to prevent and tackle mental ill health
11 May 2021
Lockdown highlighted the impact of green spaces on our mental health and wellbeing – and now researchers are investigating whether prescribing nature can help prevent and tackle mental ill health.…
City health boost from nature mapped by researchers
11 May 2021
Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led by Stanford University researchers and involving the University of Exeter. The research, published in Proceedings of…