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Ecosystem Services Connect Environmental Change to Human Health Outcomes

Authors: Brett R. Bayles, Kate A. Brauman, Joshua N. Adkins, Brian F. Allan, Alicia M. Ellis, Tony L. Goldberg, Christopher D. Golden, Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint, Samuel S. Myers, Steven A. Osofsky, Taylor H. Ricketts, Jean B. Ristaino

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 3/2016

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Global environmental change, driven in large part by human activities, profoundly impacts the structure and functioning of Earth’s ecosystems (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). We are beginning to push beyond planetary boundaries (Steffan et al. 2015), and the consequences for human health remain largely unknown (Myers et al. 2013). Growing evidence suggests that ecological transformations can dramatically affect human health in ways that are both obvious and obscure (Myers and Patz 2009; Myers et al. 2013). The framework of ecosystem services, designed to evaluate the benefits that people derive from ecosystem products and processes, provides a compelling framework for integrating the many factors that influence the human health response to global change, as well as for integrating health impacts into broader analyses of the impacts of this change. …

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Title: Ecosystem Services Connect Environmental Change to Human Health Outcomes
Authors: Brett R. Bayles
Kate A. Brauman
Joshua N. Adkins
Brian F. Allan
Alicia M. Ellis
Tony L. Goldberg
Christopher D. Golden
Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint
Samuel S. Myers
Steven A. Osofsky
Taylor H. Ricketts
Jean B. Ristaino
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: EcoHealth / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-016-1137-5

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