The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

An overarching challenge of natural resource management and biodiversity conservation is
that relationships between people and nature are difficult to integrate into tools that can …

The lack of urgent action to reverse biodiversity loss is partly due to the complex nature of
biodiversity as a feature of our planet. Subsequently, policymakers receive an often …

Ecological restoration should be regarded as a public health service. Unfortunately, the lack
of quantitative linkages between environmental and human health has limited recognition of …

There is mounting empirical evidence that interacting with nature delivers measurable
benefits to people. Reviews of this topic have generally focused on a specific type of benefit …

We are facing interwoven global threats to public health and ecosystem function that reveal
the intrinsic connections between human and wildlife health. These challenges are …

Ecosystems provide many of the material building blocks for human well-being. Although
quantification and appreciation of such contributions have rapidly grown, our dependence …

Background: At a time of increasing disconnectedness from nature, scientific interest in the
potential health benefits of nature contact has grown. Research in recent decades has …

Increasing human population interacts with local and global environments to deplete
biodiversity and resources humans depend on, thus challenging societal values centered on …

The evidence linking nature and human wellbeing is compelling. Yet, there is a lack of
understanding regarding which aspects of nature contribute to wellbeing and the role …