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Exeter academics author WHO “call to action” on nature, biodiversity and health
The multitude of ways in which the natural environment and human health are inextricably linked have been outlined in a document designed to help individuals and organisations across the 53 member states of the WHO European Region make evidence-based decisions.
Save our oceans to protect our health – scientists call for global action plan
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
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
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…