Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms
Abstract Anthropogenic land use change is a major driver of zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife to humans. According to the land use‐induced spillover model, land use change alters environmental conditions that in turn alter the dynamics between zoonotic pathogens and their wildlife hosts. Thu...
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| author | Jamie K. Reaser Brooklin E. Hunt Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena Gary M. Tabor Jonathan A. Patz Daniel J. Becker Harvey Locke Peter J. Hudson Raina K. Plowright |
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| description | Abstract Anthropogenic land use change is a major driver of zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife to humans. According to the land use‐induced spillover model, land use change alters environmental conditions that in turn alter the dynamics between zoonotic pathogens and their wildlife hosts. Thus, in response to the global spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus (the agent of COVID‐19 disease), there have been renewed calls for landscape conservation as a disease preventive measure, including by the G7 Ministers responsible for Climate and the Environment. Landscape immunity, as a new construct, points to four paradigm shifts the world must favor to effectively mitigate pandemic risks. We provide a landscape immunity primer for policy makers and make the case for “world views” that place Homo sapiens within ecological systems, regard human health as an ecological service, prioritize investments in prevention, and apply ecological restoration to human health goals. Crisis is a conversation starter for reimagining and recommitting ourselves to what is most vital and generative. We urge world leaders to make the move to a nature‐positive world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2822fb48ba44d7ea177fba1107921602022-12-22T03:30:56ZengWileyConservation Letters1755-263X2022-05-01153n/an/a10.1111/conl.12869Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigmsJamie K. Reaser0Brooklin E. Hunt1Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena2Gary M. Tabor3Jonathan A. Patz4Daniel J. Becker5Harvey Locke6Peter J. Hudson7Raina K. Plowright8Center for Large Landscape Conservation Bozeman Montana USADepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology Montana State University Bozeman Montana USADepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology Montana State University Bozeman Montana USACenter for Large Landscape Conservation Bozeman Montana USAGlobal Health Institute, Nelson Institute, and the Department of Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison Wisconsin USADepartment of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USABeyond the Aichi Targets Task Force IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Banff Alberta CanadaDepartment of Biology Pennsylvania State University State College Pennsylvania USADepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology Montana State University Bozeman Montana USAAbstract Anthropogenic land use change is a major driver of zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife to humans. According to the land use‐induced spillover model, land use change alters environmental conditions that in turn alter the dynamics between zoonotic pathogens and their wildlife hosts. Thus, in response to the global spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus (the agent of COVID‐19 disease), there have been renewed calls for landscape conservation as a disease preventive measure, including by the G7 Ministers responsible for Climate and the Environment. Landscape immunity, as a new construct, points to four paradigm shifts the world must favor to effectively mitigate pandemic risks. We provide a landscape immunity primer for policy makers and make the case for “world views” that place Homo sapiens within ecological systems, regard human health as an ecological service, prioritize investments in prevention, and apply ecological restoration to human health goals. Crisis is a conversation starter for reimagining and recommitting ourselves to what is most vital and generative. We urge world leaders to make the move to a nature‐positive world.https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12869conservationecosystem serviceshuman healthlandscape immunityOne Healthparadigms |
| spellingShingle | Jamie K. Reaser Brooklin E. Hunt Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena Gary M. Tabor Jonathan A. Patz Daniel J. Becker Harvey Locke Peter J. Hudson Raina K. Plowright Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms Conservation Letters conservation ecosystem services human health landscape immunity One Health paradigms |
| title | Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms |
| title_full | Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms |
| title_fullStr | Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms |
| title_short | Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science‐based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms |
| title_sort | fostering landscape immunity to protect human health a science based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms |
| topic | conservation ecosystem services human health landscape immunity One Health paradigms |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12869 |
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