<h1><strong>About Dr Tim Cunliffe</strong></h1>
<p><strong>I was born in Leeds</strong> (in the North of England) and now live in Durham. Having spent the early part of my working career in General Practice (Family Medicine) I now spend much of my working time in the speciality of Dermatology with a particular interest in skin cancer. </p>
<p><strong>I first became interested in conservation</strong> on one of my trips to North America - <strong>w</strong><strong>hile sitting on the banks of the Yellowstone River</strong> I noticed a small brown object emerging from the woods on the opposite side of the river. As the object began to make its way to the river, while slowly swaying from side to side, I realised this was <strong>my first sighting of a Grizzly bear</strong>. This magnificent creature proceeded to have a swim in the waters of the Yellowstone River before taking a morning wash. As the bear got out of the river it stood up, scratched its back on the remains of a dead tree trunk, and then made its way back into the woods - <strong>it was a magical moment.</strong><br>
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<p><strong>I see myself as no different </strong>to many visiting this website; enjoying my travels and living life to the full, and like most I recognise that at times my <strong>privileged lifestyle has an adverse impact on our natural world</strong> through the use of products related to deforestation, non-ethical investment, climate change and so forth. </p>
<p>Of course the <strong>destruction of our natural world</strong> is not only having a <strong>devastating impact on wildlife</strong>; the associated <strong>exploitation of the world’s natural resources is the biggest cause of human conflict.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So, how do we make Earth, our only home, a better place? </strong>Well, for one I believe that I can<strong> give back what I have taken from this world</strong>, and the main aim of this website is to <strong>encourage others to do the same</strong> so that we can <strong>leave much more behind for our children</strong>. I would also like to use this website as a platform to discourage abhorrent forms of hunting - is it right that we should take another LIFE, for so called ‘sport’ and actually get pleasure from it?<br>
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<p>I have invited wildlife back into my garden, I use renewable energy, my investments are sound, and I support charities that help preserve our natural environment. <strong>This has made my life and that of my family very much richer.</strong><br></p>
<p>As you will have noticed, there are <strong>no adverts on this website</strong>, and <strong>no money to be made</strong>. All I ask is that <strong>you do more </strong>to help protect the natural world and subsequently the welfare of our children - my blog <strong><a href="{entry:571@1:url||https://www.aworldonthebrink.com/blog/ten-easy-ways-in-which-you-can-make-a-difference}">Ten Ways that YOU can Leave more for Others</a></strong> is a good starting point.<br></p>
<p><strong>Away from conservation</strong> I would like to share with you another piece of my work <a href="http://www.pcds.org.uk/">www.pcds.org.uk</a>, one of the world’s leading platforms in the diagnosis and management of skin disease, which can be accessed for free by health professionals and the general public.</p>
<p><strong>I would like to thank</strong> my amazing children Madeleine and Jacob; Kristian and Matthew, my beautiful wife Deborah, my mum and dad, and my wider family for all their support and for making my adventures so memorable. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my colleague and friend Neil Evans who helped design this website along with my dermatology website - Neil has always provided a friendly and high quality service and he could not be recommended highly enough. If you would like to contact Neil please visit his website at <a href="http://www.modeten.com">www.modeten.com</a> or mail him directly at <a href="mailto:neil@modeten.com">neil@modeten.com</a>.</p>
