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The IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 is a landmark

global forum on parks and protected areas held onceeer! 10 !ears" The Congress #ill be held in $!dne!%

&ustralia from 12 ' 1( Noember 2014% on the theme

Parks, Planet, People: inspiring solutions.The Congress program consists of ) concurrent

streams% one of #hich is Improving Health and Well-

being: Healthy Parks Healthy People"

*or a sustainable and lieable future% the

#ellbeing of all societies depends on

health! ecos!stems" Parks can consere

health! ecos!stems and improe our health

and #ellbeing"

The Healthy Parks Healthy People stream

#ill e+plore the dierse health benefits

proided b! parks including medicines%

disease regulation% lielihood support%

mental and spiritual #ellbeing% and settings

for ph!sical actiit!" The stream #ill also

e+plore the concept of health! parks in

arious conte+ts"

The Healthy Parks Healthy People$tream is

being led b! Parks ,ictoria and the U$

National Park $erice"

Improving health and well-being:

Healthy Parks Healthy People

Healthy Parks Healthy People

Stream Legacies

$cience plan and research agenda IUCN -est Practice .uidelines / Healthy

Parks Healthy People

Healthy Parks Healthy PeopleCongress 2 Healthy Parks Healthy Peopleoutreach Capacit! deelopment during the

Congress and be!ond

.lobal moement for sustaining parksand human health

Polic! messages including for the ne#$ustainable eelopment .oals

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1" $hare scientific kno#ledge and traditionalkno#ledge on the health benefits mental%

ph!sical% social% economic% and spiritual of

contact #ith nature"

2" Identif! kno#ledge gaps in Healthy ParksHealthy People research and bring together

sectors for collaboratie solutions"

3" ighlight practical e+periences aboutconnecting people and parks ecos!stems

for health co/benefits"

4" .enerate ke! polic! messages on health!

parks ecos!stems% health! people that are

releant to global and regional polic!

makers"

5" -uild a global coalition to promote the alue

of parks for human health and support the

application of the Healthy Parks Healthy

Peopleapproach across sectors"

6" 7a+imi8e opportunities for the health and

park sectors to #ork together to delier

Healthy Parks Healthy Peopleinitiaties"

Healthy Parks Healthy People

Stream AimsHealth Program

Content

Ph!sical health 7ental health Cultural and spiritual #ell/being Communit! #ell/being 7edicines / traditional and modern isease regulation and the 9ne ealth

approach

Parks Program

Content

$tate of the Parks approaches 7anagement actions for :health! parks; Climate change% parks and health

impacts

Indigenous Communit! health and parks