Research shows there is a growing body of evidence that green spaces improve human health, mood and longevity and the term ‘blue health” is now being advocated to describe the connection with water and the positive psychological impact on human health.

Good quality, resilient, biodiverse greenspaces have served humanity for millennia, and yet increasingly, we have not given these greenspaces the respect they deserve as we become more urbanised and detached.

Australia has an unenviable track record of mammal extinctions; we’ve introduced a myriad of predators and competitive grazers, scarred the landscape, introduced toxins and continue to remove habitat. We see climate change pushing the boundaries of mammal physiology, fires devastating huge tracks of land and the nature within, and bleaching of our coral reefs while harmful algal blooms menace our marine diversity

How can we push back at all this doom, gloom and blooms? How can we improve our greenspaces and ‘blue spaces’ and improve the biodiversity within and yet still feed ourselves? Is there a role for veterinarians? You bet!!

The webinar will take you on a journey from anguish to hope, attempting to envision what role veterinarians can contribute to healthy greenspaces now and into the future.