The realization that the health of people, animals and the environment are connected has been pivotal to human survival since time immemorial and is sustained in the present day by Indigenous Peoples around the world and communities whose health and wellbeing is directly connected to the natural world. Within modern science, however, it has only been in the last several decades that integrated approaches to hea...
This chapter is an overview of several of the various integrated approaches to health, namely One Health, Ecohealth, Planetary Health, Conservation Medicine, Environmental Health, One Welfare, Comparative Medicine and One Ocean Health. A description is provided of the historical roots of each of these science-based approaches, while considering the convergence and divergence of each to the others. This chapter ...
Greening roofs or walls to cool down city areas during summer, to capture storm water, to abate pollution, and to increase human well-being while enhancing biodiversity: nature-based solutions (NBS) refer to the sustainable management and use of nature for tackling societal challenges. Building on and comple- menting traditional biodiversity conservation and management strategies, NBS integrate science, policy,...