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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Human Health

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Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Group
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Human Health
Preserving Coastal and Marine Biodiversity
Major Biodiversity Bottlenecks: A Hotspots' Salvage Strategy
Maintaining Key Evolutionary Processes
Social Drivers and Biodiversity Social Forces
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 An in-depth analysis of the relation between biodiversity and its services and human health was presented in this section. Examples discussed included, among others, shifts in the distribution and occurrence of insect-borne tropical diseases resulting from global warming, increased incidence of respiratory illnesses in areas with high deforestation rates, and the increased risk of disease transfer from wild animal populations to humans as evidenced by the HIV-chimpanzee connection.

Robert Costanza (Group Chair)
Department of Zoology
University of Maryland

David Rapport
Department of Rural Planning & Development
University of Guelph

Carl Folke
Department of Systems Ecology
University of Stockholm

Jon Patz
Director, Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental Change
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

Sandra Postel
Director
Global Water Policy Project



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