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February 01, 2018
Cornell Wildlife Health Center policy experts explain how Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) can be the bridge to the planetary health paradigm becoming a go-to tool for developing truly sustainable solutions to interconnected public health and environmental problems.
November 07, 2017
In an interview with the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Cornell Planetary Health Scientist Dr. Montira Pongsiri discusses this new field - focused on addressing linkages between human-induced environmental change and public health.
September 15, 2017
This past summer, Cornell's Expanding Horizons program helped 14 College of Veterinary Medicine students address challenges impacting wildlife, domestic animal, and human health across the developing world.
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August 03, 2017
In this Nature Scientific Reports paper, Cornell Planetary Health Scientist Dr. Montira Pongsiri and colleagues find that conserving old-growth tropical forest may help prevent new outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in people.
June 07, 2017
We depend on the oceans in many direct and indirect ways. Cornell is helping scientists learn how to better help the public understand, and address, the problems facing the world's seas.
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April 20, 2017
Concern has been spreading across scientific disciplines that the pervasive human transformation of Earth's natural systems is an urgent threat to human health, and Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine is helping to forge a new field to meet unprecedented challenges.
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June 25, 2016
Declining elephant populations could have significant impacts on forests, climate, agriculture, and health.