DEA - Doctors for the environment

  • Food production in 2050

    A very well attended Industry Forum symposium entitled Food 2050 was held by the Institute of Agriculture of the University of Western Australia (UWA) on 10 April 2013. The challenge to the 15 speakers was to present ideas, technologies and implementation strategies which could assist in feeding an estimated…

    Read More | Filed in: Opinion & Commentary | 01 May 2013 - Professor Kingsley Faulkner

  • Urban Health - some reflections from Western Australia

    by Dr George Crisp.   Perth's recent rapid growth has resulted in increasing infill and suburban sprawl, which has made the subject of urban planning and its consequences very topical. DEA was invited to a workshop at the Department of Planning, where a cross section of planners, architects…

    Read More | Filed in: Opinion & Commentary | 31 March 2013 - Dr George Crisp

  • The unpaid health bill – the health burden of coal power plants

    A recent study published on March 7th 2013 ‘The unpaid health bill: How coal power plants make us sick’  estimates that the health cost from air pollution derived from coal-fired power stations is a financial burden to the European population of up to 42.8 billion Euro a year. …

    Read More | Filed in: Opinion & Commentary | 20 March 2013 - Dr Eugenie Kayak

  • The environment issues we should be hearing about at this election

    The following article was first published in the Conversation and appears under a Creative Commons licence. The author, Prof Ian Lowe, is a member of DEA's sceintific committee.   By Ian Lowe, Griffith University The forthcoming Australian election will be a critical one for the environment.…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Media External News Opinion & Commentary | 17 February 2013 - Prof. Ian Lowe

  • Fight for the Tarkine

    Despite the Australian Heritage Council’s (AHC) recommendations, Tony Burke last week ruled out heritage listing for Tasmania’s Tarkine region – the only untouched temperate rainforest left standing in the southern hemisphere.  The AHC, chaired by former Australian Labor Party…

    Read More | Filed in: Opinion & Commentary | 17 February 2013 - Dr Rohan Church & Dr Dimity Williams

  • Shell breaks its 10 year promise not to develop World Heritage Sites

    The evidence of damage to the Great Barrier Reef continues to mount. This article by Andrew Jeremijenko provides further documentation. DEA has worked behind the scenes on this issue, corresponding with UNESCO on the impacts of coal mining on the catchments and the reef and by writing to Minister Burke.…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Action External News Opinion & Commentary | 31 January 2013 - Dr Andrew Jeremijenko

  • Australia’s dietary guidelines and the environmental impact of food “from paddock to plate”

    DEA committee members Dr Linda Selvey and Dr Marion Carey write in the January 2013 edition of the Medical Journal of Australia.  Their article is 'open access'.   Australia’s dietary guidelines and the environmental impact of food “from paddock to plate” Linda A Selvey…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Publication Opinion & Commentary | 28 January 2013 - Linda Selvey
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