NDLI: Wetlands and human health: an overview

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Author	Dale, P. E. R. Connelly, R.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This paper provides an introduction to the Wetlands and Human Health special issue and an overview of the papers. It identifies the disjunct that can exist between managing wetland health and human health. There is a need to resolve the potential conflict between managing wetlands for their values and managing them for positive human health outcomes. All authors have used the Ramsar definition of wetlands and the World Health Organization definition of human health. The papers (several are reviews) cover a range of wetlands and diseases from mosquito-borne to snail or pathogen vectors. Mosquito management is a common theme, illustrating, for the eastern USA, that wetland damage from the early to mid twentieth century can be ameliorated by careful restoration and, for Australia, that damage may be avoided. Constructed wetlands provide an opportunity to create ecosystem services and wetland value such that careful design and operation can minimise mosquito risks. Although the papers focus on negative health impacts of wetlands they deal with these to minimise health risks while restoring or maintaining wetland function or by exploring knowledge needs that would facilitate wise management.
Starting Page	165
Ending Page	171
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09234861
Journal	Wetlands Ecology and Management
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15729834
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-06-17
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Disease Schistosomiasis Cholera West Nile virus Ross River virus Mosquito Constructed wetlands Management Salt marsh Mangrove Freshwater & Marine Ecology Ecology Evolutionary Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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