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 inVIVO 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 inVIVO 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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Title
The Canmore Declaration: Statement of Principles for Planetary Health
Author
Prescott, Susan L 1 ; Logan, Alan C 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Albrecht, Glenn 3 ; Campbell, Dianne E 4 ; Crane, Julian 5 ; Cunsolo, Ashlee 6 ; Holloway, John W 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kozyrskyj, Anita L 8 ; Lowry, Christopher A 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Penders, John 10 ; Redvers, Nicole 11 ; Renz, Harald 12 ; Stokholm, Jakob 13 ; Svanes, Cecilie 14 ; Wegienka, Ganesa 15 

 The ORIGINS Project, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA 
 inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA 
 inVIVO 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 
 inVIVO 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 
 inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington 6242, New Zealand 
 inVIVO 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 
 inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA; Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK 
 inVIVO 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 
 inVIVO 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 
10  inVIVO 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 
11  inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA; Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P1, Canada 
12  inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA; Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany 
13  inVIVO 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 
14  inVIVO 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 
15  inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), West New York, NJ 10704, USA; Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA 
First page
31
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20781547
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2582794074
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