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At the 2012 Biennial Conference in Kunming, China, the Board of International Association for Ecology and Health (IAEH) conceived the idea of producing a Position Statement. A broadly-based Working Group of IAEH members prepared a document that was circulated to all attendees and opened to participation from all delegates. Meetings were held to gather ideas and distribute editing and rewriting assignments and it was decided to target the EcoHealth community rather than a specific policy. WEB-ADE, the online conference experience that was unveiled during the Kunming Biennial, hosted discussions on dissemination and impact of this statement along with discussions on the EcoHealth live website and blog. In total, 33 members and delegates made contributions to the Kunming Position Statement that was presented at the final Plenary of the Conference. The IAEH board has now adopted the statement and a final version may be found at www.​ecohealth.​net. …