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… move indoors, that people already suffering from lung disease collect more particles in their lungs, and that PM2.5 … of people, particularly children, face the risk of disease due to polluted water, damaged sanitation systems and … chemicals, which cause stress to marine ecosystems and disease in corals, algae, fish and other invertebrates. These …

… the atmospheric contamination contributes to respiratory disease. Mercury containing hospital products that are … substances, in particular asbestos, which can cause lung disease. The poor, and particularly women, children and the … are ambitious, and include curbing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and …

… soil fertility and soil carbon, water regulation, pest and disease regulation, biodiversity conservation and fire … in East Africa have remained fairly constant because of disease epidemics and losses from floods and drought, whereas … adapted livestock breeds that are highly resilient to disease outbreaks and drought. Drylands, where two thirds of …

… provision of safe drinking-water but also the control of disease vectors in the aquatic environment; (c) Human … with the eradication of dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) and onchocerciasis (river blindness) by the year … r-supply and sanitation and the eradication of guinea worm disease by 1995. Even for the more realistic target of …

… mobile calls. Tracking where people went after leaving a disease hotspot helped epidemiologists working on the West … humanitarian needs, biodiversity loss and con- tagious disease are among the interlinked challenges that cannot be … stimulating growth, empowering women, curbing infec- tious disease and restoring biodiversity, among other outcomes. …

… as hunger and malnutrition, unsafe water, poor sanitation, disease and inadequate education, as well as relative … of nonlinear events . Examples of such changes include disease emergence, abrupt alterations in water quality, the … measures to prevent, control and reduce water-related disease within a framework of integrated water management …

… on the physiology, survivorship, habitat, reproduction, disease incidence, and risk of invasive species (medium …

… expands the range (both latitude and altitude) of many disease carrying vectors, such as dengue fever and malaria. … disadvantaging others. And in a few cases, especially disease organisms and pests of forests or agricultural crops, … warmer temperatures accelerate the lifecycles of disease-carrying insects, encouraging them to feed more often …

… and the services they provide, including food, water, disease management, climate regulation, spiritual fulfilment …

… and the services they provide, such as food, water, disease management, climate regulation, and spiritual …