BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN HEALTH - World Health Organization
BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN HEALTH - World Health Organization
BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN HEALTH - World Health Organization
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<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
A project of the Centre for <strong>Health</strong><br />
and the Global Environment,<br />
Harvard Medical School, under<br />
the auspices of WHO and UNEP.
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Goal: To educate policy-makers<br />
and the public about the<br />
dependency of human life and<br />
health on the health of other<br />
species and on the integrity of<br />
global ecosystems.
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
The two-year project has<br />
established seven working groups<br />
with scientists and public health<br />
professionals from both developed<br />
and developing countries.
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 1: A status<br />
report on global biodiversity and<br />
the driving forces of species loss<br />
Co-chairs: Stewart Pimm and<br />
Maria Alice Alves
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 2: Ecosystembased<br />
life support systems<br />
Co-chairs: Jerry Melillo and<br />
Osvaldo Sala
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 3: Medicines<br />
from natural sources<br />
Co-chairs: David Newman and<br />
John Kilama
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 4: The role of<br />
species in medical research<br />
Co-chairs: Eric Chivian and<br />
Joshua Rosenthal
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 5: Ecosystem<br />
disruption, biodiversity, and<br />
human infectious diseases<br />
Co-chairs: David Molyneux and<br />
Richard Ostfeld
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 6: The role of<br />
biodiversity in world food<br />
production<br />
Co-chairs: Daniel Hillel and<br />
Cynthia Rosenzweig
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Working Group 7: Policy options<br />
Co-chairs: Jeff McNeely and<br />
Madhav Gadgil
<strong>BIODIVERSITY</strong> <strong>AND</strong><br />
<strong>HUMAN</strong> <strong>HEALTH</strong><br />
Products from the project:<br />
•A popular book with extensive<br />
illustrations and case studies (2003).<br />
•Executive summary, also heavily<br />
illustrated, containing main<br />
conclusions from each chapter.<br />
Targeted at decision makers (2003).<br />
•Technical report, written for<br />
scientists with complete references<br />
that can be consulted; will be placed<br />
on-line by early 2004.<br />
•A contribution to the section on<br />
human health in the final report of<br />
the Millennium Ecosystem
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