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| Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010 |
1200 participants from 37 nations attended the International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010.
This ground breaking event explored the many ways nature and parks significantly contribute to our health and wellbeing.
The Congress was developed to explore how nature significantly contributes to wellbeing and to broader societal benefits. The Congress objectives were to:
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 | Explore the many societal benefits that parks and nature provide. | |
Build the relevance of parks and nature to society. | |
Share knowledge, initiatives and innovations achieved by collaborating across sectors. | |
Develop an international agenda that reunites nature with social health. | |
Identify opportunities for better collaboration at global, international and local levels. | |
Establish an information exchange network. |
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The Congress was successful in achieving all of these objectives.
The Congress was a milestone, as we begin to realign nature with broader social health objectives. By reinforcing the connections between the health of our community and the health of our parks, we can nurture a truly sustainable society, one which recognises its dependence upon and place within the natural environment. Striking a balance between developmental and human needs for environmental services requirements is a challenge that governments in a number of developing countries face. This congress provided a platform for raising awareness and calling for greater responsibility on all leaders to recognize this contribution and guard it with zeal.
The Proceedings for the International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010 are available - access the full proceedings here .
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| Richard Louv | |
Aaron Bernstein, MD | |
Dr Howard Frumkin MD | |
Janet Holmes à Court, AC | |
Dr William Bird | |
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka | |
Steve Coleman | |
Professor Rob Moodie | |
Professor Tim Flannery | |
Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa | |
Kathleen Frith | |
Les Carlisle | |
Dan Wenk | |
Joe Ross | |
Stephan Bognar | |
Dr Madoda David Mabunda |
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