{"id":14749,"date":"2020-04-06T18:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?post_type=post_causes&p=14749"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:22:43","slug":"one-planet-one-health","status":"publish","type":"post_causes","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/cause\/one-planet-one-health\/","title":{"rendered":"One Planet, One Health: Connected through Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The planet\u2019s health and our health are non-separable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can be linked worldwide through the spread of disease, like the Coronavirus, when we invade the homes of other species, manipulate plants and animals for commercial profits and greed, and spread monocultures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or we can be connected through health and wellbeing for all by protecting the diversity of ecosystems and protecting the biodiversity, integrity, and self-organization (autopoiesis) of all living beings, including humans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Earth is an interconnected web of life. The health emergency we face as a global community is connected to the health emergency the Earth is facing through its steady degradation, the extinction of species and the climate emergency. We call for a holistic and integrated response to the current health emergency. This means making a transition away from the fossil fuel intensive, chemical intensive, industrialised and now digitised paradigm of agriculture and globalised trade. Such a vision stands as the root cause of our current health crisis and only serves to increase our separation from the Earth.<\/p>\n

Instead we call for the imperative transition to local, biodiverse, ecological systems of producing and distributing food in order to heal ourselves through healing the Earth. As Navdanya\u2019s experience, together with other Earth-conscious organisations and networks for Seed and Food Freedom have taught us, local, biodiverse organic food systems regenerate soil, water and biodiversity while providing healthy food for all.\u00a0 The biodiversity richness in our forests, our farms, our food and our gut microbiome connect the planet and all her diverse species through the common thread of health. The Earth has sent a tiny virus to help us make a quantum leap to create a planetary, ecological civilization based on harmony with nature connecting one planet as one health.<\/p>\n

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On Earth Day<\/strong>, April 22nd, Navdanya International<\/strong>, Naturaleza de Derechos, Health of Mother Earth Foundation – HOMEF, with over 500 organisations from 50 countries<\/strong>, networks and individuals from all over the world, launched a Planetary Communique and a call for urgent action where the health and wellbeing of all peoples and the planet are at the centre of all government and institutional policy, community building and civic action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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