1. Soil biodiversity and human health.
- Author
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Wall DH, Nielsen UN, and Six J
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Animals, Anthelmintics pharmacology, Anthrax microbiology, Anthrax veterinary, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Atmosphere chemistry, Bacillus anthracis isolation & purification, Biomass, Conservation of Natural Resources, Drinking Water, Drug Resistance, Food Chain, Helminths isolation & purification, Humans, Hypersensitivity etiology, Hypersensitivity immunology, Plant Diseases microbiology, Plant Diseases parasitology, Biodiversity, Health, Soil parasitology, Soil Microbiology
- Abstract
Soil biodiversity is increasingly recognized as providing benefits to human health because it can suppress disease-causing soil organisms and provide clean air, water and food. Poor land-management practices and environmental change are, however, affecting belowground communities globally, and the resulting declines in soil biodiversity reduce and impair these benefits. Importantly, current research indicates that soil biodiversity can be maintained and partially restored if managed sustainably. Promoting the ecological complexity and robustness of soil biodiversity through improved management practices represents an underutilized resource with the ability to improve human health.
- Published
- 2015
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