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.The following multimedia files contain videos related to Biodiversity and Human Health.
- Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Human Health (Broadcast Date: January 24, 2007): Humans depend on natural ecosystems and the services they provide, including food, energy, and clean air and water. Yet our actions in the past 50 years have changed these systems to an unprecedented degree, altering habitats and reducing biodiversity. [Webcasts and Handouts]
- Green Scene
- Forum on Biodiversity and Human Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Examining the Links
In a recent Green Scene video, Biodiversity and Human Health scientist Montira Pongsiri discussed biodiversity-human health connections in the research sponsored by the EPA STAR Research Program.
View the video in Flash format.
Researchers discussed their projects at the Forum on Biodiversity and Human Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Examining the Links. The forum was held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History on September 14, 2006.
The segments below allow you to view their presentations in Real Player (.RAM) format. For more information regarding the forum, visit the Interdisciplinary Forum and Workshop page, or the Yale Video Presentations website
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
William H. Farland (RAM) (Real Audio Format), Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Science, Office of Research and Development,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Biodiversity Decline and Risks to Human Health
Richard Ostfeld (RAM) (Real Audio Format), Institute
of Ecosystem Studies
Vanessa Ezenwa (RAM) (Real Audio Format), University
of Montana - Disease Emergence in Terrestrial and Marine Environments
Rita Colwell (Real Audio Format), University
of Maryland
Durland Fish (Real Audio Format), Yale
University - Natural Hazards and Coastal Biodiversity
Phil Berke (Real Audio Format), University of North Carolina - Soils, Biodiversity, and Links to Human Health
Diana Wall (Real Audio Format), Colorado State University - Environmental Change and Disease Risk
Tony Goldberg (Real Audio Format), University of Illinois
Gregory Glass (Real Audio Format), Johns Hopkins University - International Perspective: Research on Environmental Change and Emerging Human Diseases
Stéphane de La Rocque (Real Audio Format), Emerging Diseases in a Changing European Environment - Biodiversity and Medicines
David Newman (Real Audio Format), National Cancer Institute
Roberta Lee (Real Audio Format), Continuum Center for Health and Healing - Applications to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems
José Achache (Real Audio Format), Group on Earth Observations - Wildlife Trade and Risks to Biodiversity and Health
Robert Cook (Real Audio Format), Wildlife Conservation Society - Valuation of Biodiversity Benefits to Human Health Outcomes
Subhrendu Pattanayak (Real Audio Format), RTI International - Closing Remarks
Gary Foley (Real Audio Format), Director of the National Center for Environmental Research, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency