Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation

The Lancet

Whitmee, Sarah (Author), Haines, Andy (Author), Beyrer, Chris (Author), Boltz, Frederick (Author), Capon, Anthony G. (Author), Dias, Braulio Ferreira de Souza (Author), Ezeh, Alex (Author), Frumkin, Howard (Author), Gong, Peng (Author), Head, Peter (Author), Horton, Richard (Author), Mace, Georgina M. (Author), Marten, Robert (Author), Myers, Samuel S. (Author), Nishtar, Sania (Author), Osofsky, Steven A. (Author), Pattanayak, Subhrendu K. (Author), Pongsiri, Montira J. (Author), Romanelli, Cristina (Author), Soucat, Agnes (Author), Vega, Jeanette (Author), Yach, Derek (Author)

Format: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

Pages: 1973 - 2028

Source ID: shanti-sources-80811

Collection: Anthropocene and the Environmental Future

Abstract: Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural systemsrepresent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly improved as these changes have gathered pace. What is the explanation? As a Commission, we are deeply concerned that the explanation is straightforward and sobering: we have been mortgaging the health of future generations to realise economic and development gains in the present. By unsustainably exploiting nature's resources, human civilisation has flourished but now risks substantial health effects from the degradation of nature's life support systems in the future.

URL: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60901-1/abstract

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