June 6, 2012 - ...submission on one of the coal mines and an article on the DEA site. Interestingly Minister Burke in his intervention on the approval of the alpha coal mine has cited lack of assessment of run-off. Read details of our letter to UNESCO and to Minister Burke Last Friday the World Heritage Centre and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a report on the state of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest World Heritage Property. It warns Australia that the reef will be placed on the List of World Heritage in danger unless the reef is...
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Natural ecosystems support our health by filtering our air, providing fresh water and food, regulating our climate, directly improving human health and protecting against the spread of disease and pests.
They also foster our mental wellbeing and serve as places of recreation and sources of nature-based jobs in tourism and other vocations. Furthermore, with over one third of all medicines known to humans being derived from nature, protected ecosystems are a form of innovative capital for future medical advances. Ecosystems are the foundations of biodiversity, the infinite variation in life forms. Human resilience in the face of sudden and catastrophic shifts to the planet’s life-support systems is strengthened by this variety of life on earth.
Doctors for the Environment Australia is focused on the complex interaction between human health and our natural environment and is therefore interested in environmental degradation, particularly the loss of biodiversity and the impact this is having, and will continue to have, on human health and social stability. A global environment that supports biodiversity is better able to support human health. This is a topic of utmost urgency, and of great political and cultural complexity. It is also deeply fascinating as we continue to better understand the ways in which time spent in nature can help both prevent and cure common lifestyle related diseases.
Biodiversity Resources
POLICY PAPER AND POSITION STATEMENT ON BIODIVERSITY
The health case for ending native forest logging and establishing the Great Forest National Park in Victoria
DEA’s Biodiversity Policy (Nov 2019)
DEA’s Biodiversity Position Statement (Nov 2019)
FACTSHEETS ON BIODIVERSITY
Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be passed from an animal to a human. There has been increase in zoonotic diseases over the past 30 years, posing major risks from diseases like COVID-19 (August 2020)
Forests and native vegetation like grasslands, wetlands and woodlands support our health and the environment in which we live. (Jan 2019)
Land clearing has wide ranging and harmful implications for human health (Jan 2019)
PRESENTATIONS ON BIODIVERSITY
PowerPoint presentation that details why environmental sustainability is core business for health professionals and an essential part of health education. (July 2018)
DEA SUBMISSIONS RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY
2019-20 Review of the EPBC Act (April 2020)
EPBC Act Review Interim Report – DEA response (July 2020)
Australia’s faunal extinction crisis (August 2019)
Shell breaks its 10 year promise not to develop World Heritage Sites
January 31, 2013 - ...break its promise then on this world wonder site as it is considered for listing. Their environmental reputation is being risked by continuing to push ahead with the Arrow LNG plant on Curtis Island. People may presume that Shell is a company that can’t be trusted to protect world heritage sites. Changing the name from Shell LNG to Arrow LNG is not going to protect their credibility when they own 50% of the venture. UNESCO stated in the mission report ANNEX X “It is noted that the leading commitment to the principle of World Heritage Sites not being subject to...
MJA: Why losing Australia’s biodiversity matters for human health- insights from the latest State of the Environment assessment
April 17, 2023 - ...to strengthen legislative protections for the environment which have hitherto failed dismally Adequate funding for biodiversity recovery is desperately needed As health professionals, we can advocate for environmental protection for the sake of health We can ensure the health care system is environmentally sustainable and not adding to the risks of climate change and biodiversity loss Read the two articles published on 17 April 2023: Why losing Australia’s biodiversity matters for human health: insights from the latest State of the Environment assessment, MJA Risk to human health from biodiversity loss, MJAInsight+ Image: walking along the beach by Dasun Ransinghe (Pexels)...
The Tarkine Forest under threat – Again
March 19, 2012 - ...here in Tasmania. That’s normal. I’m confused too! This is a “Land of Confusion” and yes, I love the song, its brilliant to run to, to get the angry hormones going! Good luck if your head is not in a spin at the end- but this is how I see things at the moment: Essentially at the moment there are shonky deals being revealed by the likes of Tasmanian Times online news (tasmaniantimes.com.au) of an ‘independant’ MLC receiving gifts from corrupt families in Borneo; Tasmanian Hydro being involved in dam building causing human rights abuses, deforestation, etc in Sarawak; the...
ZOONOSES: joining the dots between people, animals and the natural world
August 26, 2020 - Zoonosis is an infectious disease that can be passed from an animal to a human. Our newest fact sheet explores zoonotic diseases, how ongoing human encroachment on natural habitats has led to an increase in zoonotic diseases over the past 30 years, posing a major risk to the human race and how it is vital that we start protecting and preserving nature so that it can protect us....