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NATURE FOR DEVELOPMENT

Nature for Health

Level: Introductory | Estimated completion time: 2 hours | Certificate upon completion

Skills: Understanding nature’s role in human health, identifying environmental health risks, applying nature-based solutions to public health, linking nature and health to global goals, promoting equitable access to nature’s health benefits

Human health depends on the ecosystems that sustain our societies and economies. This journey explores the links between nature and health, from clean water and nutrition to mental wellbeing and disease prevention. Examine how biodiversity loss and environmental degradation affect health outcomes, and discover how nature-based solutions can help address these challenges. Through interactive activities and practical examples, you’ll explore approaches to integrating nature into public health policy and planning.


Task 1: Why nature matters for health
Task 2: What happens when nature breaks down
Stop and check 1
Task 3: Nature-based solutions for health
Task 4: Our health depends on biodiversity
Task 5: Nature, health, and the SDGs
Task 6: Current trends in nature and health
Task 7: Emerging trends to watch
Task 8: Key messages on nature and health
Stop and check 2
Task 9: Our solutions are in nature
Final test
Certificate of completion

Additional Resources

Issue Brief
Issue Brief on WHO-IUCN Report on Nature-Based Solutions for Health (FEBA)
This brief highlights the role of nature-based solutions to enhance human health.
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Publication
Nature Rx: Nature Prescribing in General Practice (RACGP)
This short document outlines the current state of prescribing nature through medical practice.
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Report
Nature, Biodiversity and Health: An Overview of Interconnections (WHO)
This report provides an overview of the impacts of the natural environment on human health, and highlights how nature can bolster human health.
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Publication
One Health Theory of Change (OHHLEP)
This publication provides a conceptual framework for organisations, agencies and initiatives working towards One Health goals.
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Brief
Highlights Brief on WHO-IUCN Report on Designing Nature-based Solutions for Human Health (WHO, IUCN)
This brief highlights 10 recommendations for integrating biodiversity conservation and global public health.
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Report
Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health – A State of Knowledge Review
This comprehensive report summarizes available information on the most important inter-linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and epidemic infectious diseases.
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Guide
Connecting with Nature for Health and Wellbeing
This practical guide includes steps for integrating nature into peoples’ lives to maintain health and wellbeing.
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