Submitted by
Joanne.Wilson
on Fri, 11/29/2019 - 09:50
General Information
Resolution
46481
IUCN Constituent
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Oceania
Country/Territory
Australia
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Parks Victoria ( Australia )
IUCN Commissions
D0587DCC-7970-E711-B126-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
NSW Department of Health, Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Healthy Parks Healthy People - NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service continues to highlight the important benefits of spending time in nature to improved health and well-being outcomes through partnerships with health initiatives e.g. Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance, Healthy Eating Active Living Senior Officers Group. NSW also supported and helped to facilitate the Australian Committee IUCN symposium on Healthy People in a Healthy Environment.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Challenges include making non-traditional partnerships, establishing credibility for the concept. Measures to overcome include networking, demonstrating relevance of nature in different scenarios, and using extensive scientific literature to ensure policies are evidence based.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
National Parks and nature and now being included in NSW government strategies and policies relating to health, tackling obesity and diabetes, and sport and recreation.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Healthy Parks Healthy People - develop NSW Healthy Parks Healthy People work plan.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member