The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses.

ABSTRACT: There is rising international concern about the zoonotic origins of many global pandemics. Increasing human-animal interactions are perceived as driving factors in pathogen transfer, emphasising the close relationships between human, animal and environmental health. Contemporary livelihood and market patterns tend to degrade ecosystems and their services, driving a cycle of degradation in increasingly tightly linked socio-ecological systems. This contributes to reductions in the natural regulating capacities of ecosystem services to limit disease transfer from animals to humans. It also undermines natural resource availability, compromising measures such as washing and sanitation that may be key to managing subsequent human-to-human disease transmission. Human activities driving this degra

SUBMITTER: Everard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247996 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature