Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves

by Samuel Myers and Howard Frumkin

Book Overview

Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth's natural systems--the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate--are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere.

Planetary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610919661
• ISBN13: 9781610919661
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"