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A comprehensive review has uncovered a significant research gap in understanding the links between biodiversity loss, global pandemics, and climate change. With only 128 studies out of over 1.8 million addressing these interconnected threats, the paper calls for a multidisciplinary approach to find integrated solutions that avoid unintended consequences and promote a sustainable, biodiverse planet.
“When we began to look into it, we had suspicions the number of studies would be low, but not that low,” says Dr. Jonathan Davies, a researcher with the“There are misperceptions in the research community that more work in this area has already been done—but when you look for studies investigating the mechanisms linking the three crises, there isn’t much there at all.
Human malaria was cited as a prime example of an emerging poly-crisis being supercharged by overlapping pressures — climate change impacting mosquito distributions, development, and vectors in ways that aren’t straightforward to predict.The paper analyzed research studies investing in either infectious disease spread, biodiversity loss, or climate change. While roughly 40,000 studies considered two of the areas in conjunction, only 505 combined research on all three areas.
“Greater effort needs to be made to search for solutions with cross-benefits,” adds Dr. Alaina Pfenning-Butterworth, who conducted the study while at UBC Botany.
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