Biodiversity: the overlooked source of human health
2022
Authors:
Linhares, YuliyaKaganski, Alexander
Agyare, Christian
Kurnaz, Isil A.
Neergheen, Vidushi
Kolodziejczyk, Bartlomiej
Kędra, Monika
Wahajuddin, Muhammad
El-Youssf, Lahcen
de la Cruz, Thomas Eddison
Baran, Yusuf
Pešić, Milica
Shrestha, Uttam
Bakiu, Rigers
Allard, Pierre-Marie
Rybtsov, Stanislav
Pieri, Myrtani
Siciliano, Velia
Flores Bueso, Yensi
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Article (Published version)
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© 2022 Elsevier Ltd.
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Biodiversity is the measure of the variation of lifeforms in a given ecological system. Biodiversity provides ecosystems with the robustness, stability, and resilience that sustains them. This is ultimately essential for our survival because we depend on the services that natural ecosystems provide (food, fresh water, air, climate, and medicine). Despite this, human activity is driving an unprecedented rate of biodiversity decline, which may jeopardize the life-support systems of the planet if no urgent action is taken. In this article we show why biodiversity is essential for human health. We raise our case and focus on the biomedicine services that are enabled by biodiversity, and we present known and novel approaches to promote biodiversity conservation.
Keywords:
biodiversity; biomedicine; conservation; biomolecules; synthetic biologySource:
Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002
ISSN: 1471-4914