Land Use and Land Cover Change Planetary Health Frameworks
Human and planetary health: Ecosystem regeneration. Films For Action.
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WHAT IS PLANETARY HEALTH?
Land Use and Land Cover Change
The conversion of natural habitat to land used for agriculture and industry is occurring rapidly on a global scale, with dire consequences for the structure and function of ecosystems.
Demographic shifts and increased demand for food, animal products, biofuel, and even cosmetics continue to drive the destruction of ecosystems and their services. This extractive activity leads to negative environmental and human health impacts including:
90% Tropical deforestation driven by agriculture, according to the World Wildlife Fund's 2024 Living Planet Report
- Substantial reduction of biological diversity
- Increased local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing by burning, which is particularly problematic in tropical and subtropical regions where oil palm cultivation is rapidly increasing
- Soil degradation, which reduces soil ecosystem services such as carbon storage, and increases the risk of desertification
- Nitrogen and phosphorus deposition from agricultural field runoff
- Decreased water quality and quantity
- Increased exposure to water-borne, zoonotic, and vector-borne diseases
The complex interactions between changes in land use, land cover, ecosystem services, and the attendant impacts on human health require longitudinal study across geographic regions in addition to urgent action to re-wild and restore many of the planet’s natural habitats.
Land Use and Land Cover Change Resources
Land Use and Land Cover Change Food Systems
Practical guide to creating an agroecological farm: PDL’s approach to “Model Farming.” Groundswell International.
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Infectious Diseases Climate Change
Multivariate vector autoregressive modelling of malaria with climate and vegetation factors in a remote hilly region of Northeast India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
This study models Malaria transmission and provides a solution for common data inconsistencies encountered in healthcare and epidemiological research, while also offering predictions on incidence rates, thereby enabling more informed decision-making processes.
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Land Use and Land Cover Change Arts
The Atlantic Rainforest in Music | A Mata Atlântica na Música
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Land Use and Land Cover Change Demographic Transitions
Impact of tree-based interventions in addressing health and wellbeing outcomes in rural low-income and middle-income settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet Planetary Health.
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