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Erschienen in: EcoHealth 3/2021

23.06.2020 | FORUM

Ecosystem Restoration: A Public Health Intervention

verfasst von: Martin F. Breed, Adam T. Cross, Kiri Wallace, Keith Bradby, Emily Flies, Neva Goodwin, Menna Jones, Laura Orlando, Chris Skelly, Philip Weinstein, James Aronson

Erschienen in: EcoHealth | Ausgabe 3/2021

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We are seemingly locked into a downward spiral of ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, and a climate emergency. Ecological restoration aims to improve the ecological trajectory of degraded ecosystems. Ecosystem declines threaten human health (Romanelli et al. 2015, Whitmee et al. 2015). Dramatic changes in human behavior and government policy are essential, but will only occur through a profound paradigm shift explicitly linking human and ecological health. We outline the case for ecological restoration as a ‘public health intervention’, and provide an action plan that enables the required paradigm shift. …
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Titel
Ecosystem Restoration: A Public Health Intervention
verfasst von
Martin F. Breed
Adam T. Cross
Kiri Wallace
Keith Bradby
Emily Flies
Neva Goodwin
Menna Jones
Laura Orlando
Chris Skelly
Philip Weinstein
James Aronson
Publikationsdatum
23.06.2020
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
EcoHealth / Ausgabe 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01480-1

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