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The Canmore Declaration: Statement of Principles for Planetary Health

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  • Susan L. Prescott

    (The ORIGINS Project, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
    in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Alan C. Logan

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Glenn Albrecht

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Dianne E. Campbell

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Julian Crane

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington 6242, New Zealand
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Ashlee Cunsolo

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Labrador Institute of Memorial University, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1E0, Canada
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • John W. Holloway

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Anita L. Kozyrskyj

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Christopher A. Lowry

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • John Penders

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Departments of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Nicole Redvers

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P1, Canada
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Harald Renz

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Jakob Stokholm

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 1165 København, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Cecilie Svanes

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
    Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

  • Ganesa Wegienka

    (in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA
    Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA)

  • On Behalf of inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

    (Membership of in VIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is provided in the Acknowledgements.)

Abstract

The term planetary health—denoting the interdependence between human health and place at all scales—emerged from the environmental and preventive health movements of the 1970–80s; in 1980, Friends of the Earth expanded the World Health Organization definition of health, stating: “ health is a state of complete physical, mental, social and ecological well-being and not merely the absence of disease—personal health involves planetary health ”. Planetary health is not a new discipline; it is an extension of a concept understood by our ancestors, and remains the vocation of multiple disciplines. Planetary health, inseparably bonded to human health, is formally defined by the in VIVO Planetary Health network as the interdependent vitality of all natural and anthropogenic ecosystems (social, political and otherwise). Here, we provide the historical background and philosophies that have guided the network, and summarize the major themes that emerged at the 7th in VIVO meeting in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. We also provide the Canmore Declaration, a Statement of Principles for Planetary Health. This consensus statement, framed by representative participants, expands upon the 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and affirms the urgent need to consider the health of people, places and the planet as indistinguishable.

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  • Susan L. Prescott & Alan C. Logan & Glenn Albrecht & Dianne E. Campbell & Julian Crane & Ashlee Cunsolo & John W. Holloway & Anita L. Kozyrskyj & Christopher A. Lowry & John Penders & Nicole Redvers &, 2018. "The Canmore Declaration: Statement of Principles for Planetary Health," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jchals:v:9:y:2018:i:2:p:31-:d:160092
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