Ecosystem services for human health in Oceania

Rosemary McFarlane; Pierre Horwitz; Kerry Arabena; Anthony Capon; Aaron P. Jenkins; Stacy  Jupiter; Joel Negin; Margot Parkes; Salanietas Saketa

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100976

Ecosystem services for human health in Oceania

Rosemary McFarlane
, Pierre Horwitz
, Kerry Arabena
, Anthony Capon
, Aaron P. Jenkins
, Stacy Jupiter
, Joel Negin
, Margot Parkes
, Salanietas Saketa

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Abstract

The state of ecosystems and the health and well-being of people that depend on them are fundamentally linked. However, these links are often obscured – geographically, as globalised trade separates production of goods and ecosystem services from consumers; across time, as physical and mental impacts accumulate across lifespans; and through the complexity of competing socio-economic and cultural influences. Pervasive societal dualisms like nature-culture, and even social-ecological, fragment thinking and decision-making. Definitions differ across sectors. Health encapsulates well-being in the World Health Organization’s holistic, landmark 1948 definition of health. A broader, health-inclusive well-being is articulated as the output of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), and its ecosystem service framework (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005).

Original language	English
Article number	100976
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ecosystem Services
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100976
Publication status	Published - Oct 2019

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Ecosystem services for human health in Oceania

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