The role that nature conservation can play to mitigate the spread of future infectious diseases

European Journal of Ecology

José Verdú¹  Federico Morelli²  Mattia Tonelli³  JorgeLobo⁴  Yanina Benedetti⁵ 

[1] Czech University of Life Sciences Prague;Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales;a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:20:"University of Urbino";};

关键词: coronavirus;    zoonosis;    deforestation;    climate change;    biodiversity loss;    wildlife trading;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The emergence of infectious diseases is reviewed highlighting the potential role played by main environmental anthropogenic disturbances as, deforestation, land-use change, human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss and the illegal wildlife trade. Ultimately, it is plausible that the human impact on the biosphere could be the root cause of these emerging diseases, and that economic globalization, population growth and landscape anthropization might increase the likelihood of the emergence of novel zoonoses. This pattern bears similarities to phenomena that occurred during the Neolithic period with the emergence of agriculture and cattle domestication. Still today such phenomena could be accelerated by the vastly increased traffic of people and goods. Finally, we argue in favour of strong policies and actions aiming to mitigate the human impact on natural ecosystems as a key strategy to prevent future zoonoses.

【 授权许可】

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