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The Permaculture Research Digest has summaries of newly published permaculture-related research. All items are hyper-linked to the original publication.
The 'January 2013' archive contains 60 items published in 2012.
Items marked with a # have restricted public access, although abstracts are freely available.
In the wake of a species extinction event unprecedented in human
history, how the variety, distribution, and abundance of life on earth
may influence health has gained credence as a worthy subject for
research and study at schools of public health and for consideration
among policy makers. This article reviews a few of the principal ways in
which health depends on biodiversity, including the discovery of new
medicines, biomedical research, the provision of food, and the
distribution and spread of infections. It also examines how changes in
biological diversity underlie much of the global burden of disease and
how a more thorough understanding of life on earth and its relationships
has the potential to greatly alleviate and prevent human suffering.
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