Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and human health - A state of knowledge review

Organisation:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO), The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and human health synthesizes the available information on the most important inter-linkages; for example between biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and epidemic infectious diseases such as the Ebola virus; and the connection between biodiversity, nutritional diversity and health.

It also covers the potential benefits of closer partnerships between conservation and health, from improved surveillance of infectious diseases in wildlife and human populations to promoting access to green spaces to promote physical activity and mental health.