| Biodiversity and Health: Linking Life, Ecosystems and Societies Contributor(s): Morand, Serge (Author), Lajaunie, Claire (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785481150 ISBN-13: 9781785481154 Publisher: Iste Press - Elsevier OUR PRICE: $157.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Medical | Public Health - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There is a gap between the ecology of health and the concepts supported by international initiatives such as EcoHealth, One Health or Planetary Health; a gap which this book aims to fill. Global change is accelerated by problems of growing population, industrialization and geopolitics, and the world's biodiversity is suffering as a result, which impacts both humans and animals. However, Biodiversity and Health offers the unique opportunity to demonstrate how ecological, environmental, medical and social sciences can contribute to the improvement of human health and wellbeing through the conservation of biodiversity and the services it brings to societies. This book gives an expansive and integrated overview of the scientific disciplines that contribute to the connection between health and biodiversity, from the evolutionary ecology of infectious and non-infectious diseases to ethics, law and politics. |
