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ent approach to behaviour change. The author argues for a ‘capacities-first approach’
to support future citizens to become ‘behavioural entrepreneurs’ who can identify,
execute and maintain the needed behaviours themselves. Supporting behavioural
entrepreneurs requires ensuring they have mental clear-headedness in order to identify, plan, self-initiate and regulate behaviour. As mental clear-headedness is a limited cognitive resource, behavioural entrepreneurs will need to spend time in nature
to help restore their depleted cognitive resources and cope with the stress of living
in their new world.
To embed health agendas in conservation management and vice versa, national
and global policy agendas need to be aligned across the biodiversity, health and
climate sectors. Horst Korn and co-authors detail these first steps and highlight the
developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the collaboration of CBD with the WHO on the issue of health and biodiversity. In parallel, the
2020 Health Policy Framework of the WHO European region considers environmental conditions; such considerations need to be strengthened to include specific
biodiversity linkages in the next review. The UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable
Development already links various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating
to health, biodiversity and climate change, and it will now depend on regional,
national and local implementation to achieve its ambitious goals.
As attention on the importance of nature and health linkages increases, Hans
Keune and co-authors argue that there is a need to build bridges between the
nature conservation and public health sectors. Giving case-study examples of nature
and health network initiatives from several European countries, the authors demonstrate how professionals from science, policy and practice can work together to
address both nature and health goals. To facilitate future linkages between these
sectors, the authors recommend strengthening inter-network collaboration through
capacity building and integration. They additionally emphasize the need for structural support to encourage capacity-building activities. The authors stress the importance of linking existing priorities in local, national and international policies to
mainstream the importance of natural environments for human health; in this regard,
the One Health approach may be one way to mainstream biodiversity and health
issues.
20.5 Implications for Planning and Managing Urban Green
Spaces for Biodiversity and Health in a Changing
Climate
The inter-relationships between biodiversity, human health and climate change have
implications for both urban planning and management. This fourth part of the book
deals with the implications of the inter-relationships of biodiversity and health in
the face of climate change for protected area managers, city authorities, urban planners and landscape architects. Evaluations of urban green space interventions to
20 Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Perspectives for Science…
ent approach to behaviour change. The author argues for a ‘capacities-first approach’
to support future citizens to become ‘behavioural entrepreneurs’ who can identify,
execute and maintain the needed behaviours themselves. Supporting behavioural
entrepreneurs requires ensuring they have mental clear-headedness in order to identify, plan, self-initiate and regulate behaviour. As mental clear-headedness is a limited cognitive resource, behavioural entrepreneurs will need to spend time in nature
to help restore their depleted cognitive resources and cope with the stress of living
in their new world.
To embed health agendas in conservation management and vice versa, national
and global policy agendas need to be aligned across the biodiversity, health and
climate sectors. Horst Korn and co-authors detail these first steps and highlight the
developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the collaboration of CBD with the WHO on the issue of health and biodiversity. In parallel, the
2020 Health Policy Framework of the WHO European region considers environmental conditions; such considerations need to be strengthened to include specific
biodiversity linkages in the next review. The UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable
Development already links various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating
to health, biodiversity and climate change, and it will now depend on regional,
national and local implementation to achieve its ambitious goals.
As attention on the importance of nature and health linkages increases, Hans
Keune and co-authors argue that there is a need to build bridges between the
nature conservation and public health sectors. Giving case-study examples of nature
and health network initiatives from several European countries, the authors demonstrate how professionals from science, policy and practice can work together to
address both nature and health goals. To facilitate future linkages between these
sectors, the authors recommend strengthening inter-network collaboration through
capacity building and integration. They additionally emphasize the need for structural support to encourage capacity-building activities. The authors stress the importance of linking existing priorities in local, national and international policies to
mainstream the importance of natural environments for human health; in this regard,
the One Health approach may be one way to mainstream biodiversity and health
issues.
20.5 Implications for Planning and Managing Urban Green
Spaces for Biodiversity and Health in a Changing
Climate
The inter-relationships between biodiversity, human health and climate change have
implications for both urban planning and management. This fourth part of the book
deals with the implications of the inter-relationships of biodiversity and health in
the face of climate change for protected area managers, city authorities, urban planners and landscape architects. Evaluations of urban green space interventions to
20 Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change: Perspectives for Science…