Biodiversity and Health: Linking Life, Ecosystems and Societies

ISBN-13: 9781785481154 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 300 str.

Serge Morand; Claire Lajaunie

Opis

Biodiversity and Health: Linking Life, Ecosystems and Societies fills the gap between the ecology of health and the concepts supported by international organizations, such as EcoHealth and One Health. The book provides a unique opportunity to demonstrate how ecological sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences may contribute to improve human health through conserving biodiversity and the services it provides to societies.

• Presents the first book to give a broad and integrated overview of the scientific disciplines that contribute to health
• From evolutionary ecology, to laws and policies, this book explores the links between health and biodiversity
• Demonstrates how ecological sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences may contribute to improve human health

Spis treści

1. A Brief History on the Links between Health and Biodiversity 2. Biodiversity, Cultural Diversity and Infectious Diseases 3. Loss of Biological Diversity and Emergence of Infectious Diseases 4. Loss of Biodiversity and Emergence of Non-infectious Diseases 5. Anthropogenic Stress 6. Biodiversity Response 7. Animal and Human Pharmacopoeias 8. Well-being 9. Ecosystem Services for Health and Biodiversity 10. Biodiversity and Health Scenarios 11. Governance of Biodiversity and Health 12. Ethics, Values and Responsibilities 13. The Role of Law, Justice and Scientific Knowledge in Health and Biodiversity

O autorze

Serge Morand is an evolutionary ecologist and field disease ecologist working in rural Southeast Asia on the impacts of land use and biodiversity changes on disease transmission. Claire Lajaunie is a legal researcher who investigates the linkages between biodiversity and health through the study of Global Environmental Law, governance and the associated ethical issues.