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Taxonomy Archive: biodiversity
20 Apr 2018 |
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Biological diversity and public health
In the wake of a species extinction event unprecedented in human history, how the variety, distribution, and abundance of life on earth may influence health has gained credence as a worthy subject for research and study at schools of public health and for consideration among policy makers. This article reviews a few of the principal ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Ditch Coal: The Global Mining Impacts of the UKs Addiction to Coal
Coal is at a crossroads in the UK. On the one hand, the UK’s dirtiest power stations burn vast quantities of coal, with little or no regard for the human and environmental impacts that this has. On the other, the UK Government has announced an intention to “consult” over proposals to close remaining coal fired […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Aaron Bernstein on Biological Diversity and Medicine
Plants, animals, and microbes have led to the development of treatments for many diseases including cancer, glaucoma, malaria, inflammatory disorders, high blood pressure, and many other disorders. The staggering loss of biodiversity today affects the ability of researchers to tap natural sources for medicine and exposes people to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Invasive Species
Climate Change and Invasive Species: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt
20 Apr 2018 |
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Healthy oceans, healthy people
A groundbreaking study released in the journal Nature last week underscored something many of us have long known to be true: around the world, human health is inextricably linked to the health of the oceans. When the oceans suffer – from threats like climate change and overfishing – people suffer too.This new study shows that ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets
The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have made remarkable advances in the past ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Importance of food-demand management for climate mitigation
Recent studies show that current trends in yield improvement will not be sufficient to meet projected global food demand in 2050, and suggest that a further expansion of agricultural area will be required. However, agriculture is the main driver of losses of biodiversity and a major contributor to climate change and pollution, and so ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Nature and Health
Urbanization, resource exploitation, and lifestyle changes have diminished possibilities for human contact with nature in many societies. Concern about the loss has helped motivate research on the health benefits of contact with nature. Reviewing that research here, we focus on nature as represented by aspects of the physical ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human health and the Rio Conventions: biological diversity, climate change and desertification
This discussion paper is the result of collaboration between the World Health Organization and the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The report reviews the scientific evidence for the linkages ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Our mental health is linked to our environment
We are living in a geologic epoch informally known as the “Anthropocene”. Scientists from the Anthropocene Working Group will meet later this year to consider the evidence before arriving at a formal decision about the epoch’s name. What is being discussed and evaluated, is the degree to which human (anthropos) ...