Conservation, biodiversity and infectious disease: scientific evidence and policy implications

摘要: Habitat destruction and infectious disease are dual threats to nature people. The potential simultaneously advance conservation human health has attracted considerable scientific popular interest; in particular, many authors have justified action by pointing out public benefits [1–5]. One major focus of this debate—that biodiversity often decreases transmission via the dilution effect—remains contentious [6–8]. Studies that test for a effect find negative association between diversity metric risk [8], but how such associations should inform policy remains unclear several reasons. For one, infection definitions, making it possible identify measures conform expectations [9]. Furthermore, premise habitat consistently reduces is question [10,11], disturbance or can affect ways other than through change [12,13]. To date, few studies examined broader set mechanisms which anthropogenic might increase decrease populations (e.g. [14–17]). Due interconnections change, economics behaviour [18]), moving from ecological theory requires understanding social economic factors conservation. This Theme Issue arose meeting aimed at synthesizing current data on ‘biodiversity, disease’ (4–6 May 2015). Ecologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, epidemiologists, veterinary scientists, professionals, biologists around world discussed latest research socio-economic links conservation, disease, open questions controversies these areas. By combining with …