Infectious diseases are emerging globally at an unprecedented rate while global food
demand is projected to increase sharply by 2100. Here, we synthesize the pathways by …

Tropical forests are recognized for their role in providing diverse ecosystem services (ESs),
with carbon uptake the best recognized. The capacity of tropical forests to provide ESs is …

Brazil's environmental legislation obliges private properties to retain a fixed proportion of
their total area with native vegetation, the so-called “Legal Reserves”. Those areas …

There is a growing recognition of the links between the increasing prevalence of
noncommunicable diseases, environmental concerns including biodiversity loss and …

Agriculture has been implicated as a potential driver of human infectious diseases.
However, the generality of disease-agriculture relationships has not been systematically …

Deforestation and associated changing landscapes are major components of environmental
changes, with important implications for ecosystem functioning and biodiversity …

Given the enormous global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, outbreaks of highly
pathogenic avian influenza in Canada, and manifold other zoonotic pathogen activity, there …

Forest and vegetation fires, used as tools for agriculture and deforestation, are a major
source of air pollutants and can cause serious air quality issues in many parts of Asia …

Deforestation worldwide could have important consequences for diet quality and human
nutrition given the numerous ecosystem services that are provided by forests and biodiverse …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge loss of life, and immense social and economic
harm. Wildlife trade has become central to discourse on COVID-19, zoonotic pandemics …