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Land Management for Healthy People : Controlling Human Disease through Ecosystem Management. A Proposal for the SUNY ESF Discovery Challenge. One Health. Animal Health. Human Health. 60% of all emerging diseases have a non-human animal source.
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Land Management for Healthy People: Controlling Human Disease through Ecosystem Management A Proposal for the SUNY ESF Discovery Challenge
One Health Animal Health Human Health 60% of all emerging diseases have a non-human animal source Greater than 50% of the global human population is at risk of contracting a vector-borne and zoonotic disease Ecosystem Any emerging disease in the last 30-40 years is a result of encroachment into wild lands and changes in human demography
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Ecology, Volume: 99, Issue: 7, Pages: 1562-1573, First published: 08 May 2018, DOI: (10.1002/ecy.2386)