Interesting conference coming up: Addressing Human Health and Security in a Changing Climate

http://www.sidgduke.com/


  • Home
  • About SIDG
  • Register Here!
  • Speakers
  • Schedule
  • Photography Contest
  • Directions
  • Sponsors
BEYOND THE BRINK: Addressing Human Health and Security in a Changing Climate 
FEB. 11, 2011 - 8:30 AM - 5 PM, Searle Center at Duke University
Register here.
Hosted by DGHI and the Student International Discussion Group, this symposium will examine the impacts, implications and adaptations related to global climate change. Leaders in the field will explore questions such as:
  • What physical changes are occurring due to the changing climate?
  • What do those changes mean for human well-being?
  • How can we adapt to the effects on human well-being?
The morning will consist of a keynote address and the first panel about physical impacts of climate change. The afternoon will consist of the second panel concerning adapation strategies and a participant discussion.
This event is co-sponsored by DGHI and the Nicholas School for the Environment. Email Questions to coordinators: Leslie Acton and Cassidy Travis with any questions.
logo

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Microbial source tracking to evaluate links between human, animal and environmental health: Tuesday, February 25th

This past week’s One Health Intellectual Exchange Group’s topic focusing on microbial source tracking in bodies of water was presented by Dr. Jill Stewart.  As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Stewart develops techniques to detect and track pathogens in water.  Dr. Stewart’s current research projects involve water quality evaluation associated with land application of waste products and water quality evaluation associated with urbanization on watersheds.  Her work with environmental sciences show how environmental impacts can affect human health. During the presentation, Dr. Stewart addressed the following learning objectives: Name a standard indicator used to detect fecal pollution of surface waters. List three issues associated with the use of traditional fecal indicator bacteria to monitor water quality. Define microbial source tracking and name a marker that can be used to track...
Read more

Black Bear Habitat Fragmentation Leads to more Human Conflicts in Florida

This week, human-black bear interaction in residential areas between Ocala National Forest and Orlando, FL made headlines after a bear bit a woman in her garage.  This problem is not new.  Both bear and human populations in Florida have been growing since the 1970s, and poor housing development plans have fragmented the bears’ habitats as building expands ever closer to Ocala National Forest.  Conflicts have increased because of misunderstandings that could benefit from a One Health approach.  Experts on bear behavior from the Bear Management Program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advise maintaining a contiguous habitat for the bears and that bears are easily habituated to humans.  Public education campaigns to advise residents against approaching bears, feeding bears, or failing to secure garbage from bears should be reinforced. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140415-black-bear-florida-attack-habitat-wildlife-conservat...
Read more

Deforestation and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Many are aware of the environmental consequences of deforestation: trees absorb carbon, and in a world of escalating carbon levels, this natural process is critical to the effort of slowing global warming. What is less well-known about deforestation, is the part it plays in public health for both humans and animals. In this article, Laura Kahn illustrates the role of deforestation in the spread of emerging infectious diseases among both humans and animals. She does this through the story of the Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia, an event that continues to affect Southeast Asia both directly and indirectly. Kahn outlines the sequence of events that followed a mass deforestation in Malaysia in 1997, the focus of many studies concerning Nipah virus. Being forced from their natural habitat , tropical fruit bats began to feed from fruits in orchards through which pigs roamed and fed. It is through this exposure that an outbreak of the virus spread throughout the newly industrialized p...
Read more