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Page 1: Nature Health - ec.europa.eu · Health Stream Jonathan Patz, professor & director of the Global Health Institute‐University of Wisconsin (US) “It is my opinion that conservation

Nature & HealthBrussels, 2015 ‐ June 4 

Ignace SchopsPresident EUROPARC Federation

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One planet

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Living Planet Index

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Status of the planet

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Population in urban areas 

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Health problems 

Physical & mental health problems 

Depression

Burn‐out

Dementia

Respiratory diseases ‐ air pollution

Heat stress

Stress (in general)

Allergies

Immunity

Fertility 

! Basic Human Right (WHO) 

! Aichi Targets ‐CBD (target 14)

! UNEP

! IUCN

! WWF

! EUROPARC Federation

! …

!!! Scientific proof 

!!! Policy

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Particulate Matter 

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Sometimes you have to look from a different perspective 

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Be smart

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Bees ‐ Value cultivated crops:153 billion euro/year/world(Gallai et al., 2008)

‐Value wildlife: ? A plurality! 

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Around 70 percent of all new drugs introduced in the United States in the past 25 years have been derived from natural products (Journal of Natural Products)The findings show that despite increasingly sophisticated techniques to design medications in the lab, Mother Nature is still the best drug designer

70% 

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Health StreamJonathan Patz, professor & director of the Global Health Institute ‐University of Wisconsin (US) 

“It is my opinion that conservation and park management can save more lives, promote more health and deal with more ill health than the public health sector can achieve”

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Dr. Joe Dispenza‐NY‐times bestselling author‐Rutgers University (US)

“In clinical studies, we have proven that 2 hours of nature sounds a day significantly reduce stress hormones up to 800% and activates 500‐600 DNA segments known to be responsible for healing and repairing body”

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EcosystemServices 

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An eye on the world 

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Value is in the eye of the beholder 

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L – LocalA –AuthenticT –TraceableT –TrustworthyE – Ethical

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Nature does not fit in a USB‐stick

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What did your doctor prescribe?

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Our next medicine

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Our next Medicine

Outdoor ©Healing therapy system          50h

50 wildlife experiences *** active life prolonging

Cardiovascular health, physical & mental health

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Protected Areas

Protected Areas are the Health Centers of the world

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Healthy treatments

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EUROPARC Federation

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EUROPARC Federation

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EUROPARC Federation

Health Working Groupwww.europarc.org

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EUROPARC Federation

Health Working Groupwww.europarc.org

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EUROPARC Federation

Health Working Groupwww.europarc.org

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2016100 years of  National Park Service –US

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2015, Europe’s best Idea:

Europe (EU) takes the global lead for the health of our planet! 

If we don’t do it, who will do it

If we don’t do it now, when will we do it

If we don’t do it together, how will we do it