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Integrating medicine and conservation in New Guinea's rainforests, Britain's national parks, and beyond. Chair: @DrJMiddleton.

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New @SussexUni film on allying with indigenous peoples to provide medical services & protect rainforest. Features our chair @DrJMiddleton & photos by @DrJAStockdale. #PlanetaryHealth

Buy medicines for the conservation clinic: https://t.co/6sLwneXCvb

https://t.co/BZmZoQ1rFe

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

I highly recommend attending @RGS_IBG Monday Evening lectures: https://t.co/GoemmFKNjm. Last nights was particularly inspiring, with @rosavespinoza outlining how combining indigenous knowledge, biodiversity science, & the #RightsofNature is helping conserve rainforest in Peru.

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

New @SussexUni film on my @UKBCFs @BSMSMedSchool @SussexLifeSci work with indigenous peoples providing health services & protecting rainforest (inc. beautiful photos by @DrJAStockdale).

Buy medicines for the conservation clinic: https://t.co/YDa1azSpXR

https://t.co/CNs6HU9l5Y

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

Last day today of our Lewes showing of SURFACES @LewesDepot. @DrJAStockdale & I staffing 12.30-9pm, come in for a chat!

The exhibition will be touring, so if you have a venue and could host get in touch.

You can also donate to the Wanang clinic online: https://t.co/4wIdXzoUHY

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Come & say hi at the SURFACES exhibition @LewesDepot . Find out how opening a clinic improved indigenous health & helped conserve 150 km² of biodiverse rainforest, storing 1.5M tonnes carbon.
Photos @DrJAStockdale, story @DrJMiddleton
Donate to the clinic https://t.co/6sLwneX4FD

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Wilderness First Aid training to empower indigenous biodiversity scientists to manage fieldwork injuries in New Guinea's threatened rainforest.

Explore project videos & articles: https://t.co/GWGn9hcNjA

Donate meds for Wanang Conservation Area's clinic: https://t.co/Xofaw6O3vM

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Free exhibition @LewesDepot 5-17 July on how opening a clinic improved indigenous health & helped conserve 150 km² of biodiverse rainforest, storing 1.5M tonnes carbon https://t.co/VYt1yL1wXd
Photos @DrJAStockdale, story @DrJMiddleton
Donate to the clinic https://t.co/Xofaw6NvGe

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

Exhibition @LewesDepot by @DrJAStockdale (photography) & me (story) on how we @BSMSMedSchool @pngimr @SussexUni + BRC opened a clinic for forest peoples, improving community health & enabling #conservation of 150 km² of biodiverse #rainforest (storing 1.5M tonnes of carbon).

SURFACES: Integrating medicine, conservation, and climate action in Papua New Guinea’s threatened rainforests — a joint exhibition with photographs by @DrJAStockdale and story by @DrJMiddleton.
5 – 17 July 2025, @LewesDepot, Lewes, East Sussex (how to get there: https://t.co/HPimCP6Y4U)
https://t.co/dzVg1HJbgH

BACKGROUND
The verdant tropical rainforest of #PapuaNewGuinea is the third largest remaining on the planet. It is home to myriad unique species, and diverse human cultures speaking 800+ languages. However, these forests are being stripped away by multinational logging companies, and their populations face significant daily health challenges.

SURFACES is a free exhibition using photography, narrative, and video to tell the story of successful action in response to these crises. As part of an indigenous-led conservation alliance researchers have established medical services for forest peoples, funded by the @UKBCFs and @SussexUni. This has improved community health, and enabled protection of 150 km² of biodiverse rainforest, storing 1.5 million tonnes of carbon.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS EXHIBITION
We are touring this exhibition to encourage replication of this successful integrated approach, and to collect donations to buy ongoing medical supplies for Wanang Conservation Area's clinic.

******* You can donate online to Wanang Conservation Clinic Medicine Fund (100% of money received will be spent on medicines for the clinic): https://t.co/VrH0RbZmgT *******

VENUE
This showing of SURFACES is being hosted by @LewesDepot, a charity-run cinema, restaurant, and bar in #Lewes (East Sussex, UK), as part of its annual Climate Action! Festival (https://t.co/LDJAhhdECv). If your not from the area, why not make a day of it and see the many historic sights of Lewes, recently ranked by @Telegraph as Britain’s prettiest town. @LewesDepot is next to Lewes train station (1 hr 2 mins direct train from London Victoria, travel directions).

Everyone is welcome, and please spread the word!

#PlanetaryHealth #BiodiversityConservation

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

We published this article a year ago today in the #OpenAccess journal the @PeerJLife https://t.co/jRWT3Tnbo5 🚀 #Ecology #Parasitology #Ticks #LymeDisease

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Today, for @UN International Day of Forests SSRP @SussexUni interviewed our Chair (@MedVetAcarology, based at @BSMSMedSchool) about integrating action on climate, health, and conservation in Papua New Guinea's rainforests. Work supported by @UKBCFs.

https://t.co/heH4dOUU67

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Article @thePeerJ by our Chair @MedVetAcarology & friends @uniofbrighton evaluating tick hazard across #SouthDownsNationalPark, with action suggestions for land managers: https://t.co/bcLR8CNzaQ

Project funders: @BritishDeerSoc @BritishEcolSoc @RoyalSocBio

#LymeDisease #Ticks

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@MedVetAcarology (3 of 3) For background on why its important to #DecoloniseResearch about New Guinea, see this 2024 article co-written by PNG & UK academics: 'Mobilising Papua New Guinea’s Conservation Humanities: Research, Teaching, Capacity Building, future directions': https://t.co/yWbhkXSJOZ

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Our chair (@MedVetAcarology) was on EU-FCCB panel last week interviewing #PapuaNewGuinean potential biodiversity students for MPhil's at #PNG universities: 21 full scholarships now awarded. 20 more to be awarded next round, so if your #PNG keep in eye on: https://t.co/8meoa2bf4c

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(2 of 3) Most of the panel were #PNG academics (+ some internationals, inc @MedVetAcarology), & it is great to see these resources flowing to #PNG students & universities rather than those of the ex-colonial powers (as is too often the case with New Guinea related research).

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

Pleasure to speak @AttenboroughCtr about our @SSRP_UoS @BSMSMedSchool work providing health services to previously medically neglected indigenous peoples who protect 150km2 of biodiverse rainforests (funder = @UKBCFs). Pic by @ProfJohnDrury. More info: https://t.co/jsI2e4ftlH

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Come along to hear PCPH's Joe @MedVetAcarology speak about his work in Papua New Guinea

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New paper featuring @MedVetAcarology, who recently gave a fascinating talk at our #CurrentStories event, discussing how #Conservation and #GlobalHealth work can support and enhance each other.

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

Lovely meeting @SGUL_PHRI folk this week when I gave a seminar @StGeorgesUni hospital on my @BSMSMedSchool @SSRP_UoS work integrating medicine & conservation in New Guinea's threatened rainforests. Publications: https://t.co/POBbo70bOg ; https://t.co/a0sgwVx7Xi. Funder @UKBCFs.

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @DrJMiddleton]

📢 London folk: Come along to my lunchtime seminar @StGeorgesUni hospital. I'm talking about my @BSMSMedSchool @SSRP_UoS work integrating medicine & conservation in New Guinea's threatened rainforests. Tue 4th June, noon, Population Health Research Institute. Funder @UKBCFs.

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Available now ahead of print: Mobilising Papua New Guinea’s Conservation Humanities: Research, Teaching, Capacity Building, Future Directions by @DrJAStockdale @MedVetAcarology @GabrielCherake @Liklikmasalai @alicealicealice and others #openaccess | https://t.co/tusf0GPXQK