Opinion: Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
.
2020 Oct 20;117(42):25951-25955.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018436117.
Epub 2020 Sep 30.
Authors
Kamaljit S Bawa
1
2
,
Nandan Nawn
3
,
Ravi Chellam
4
,
Jagdish Krishnaswamy
5
,
Vinod Mathur
6
,
Shannon B Olsson
7
,
Nitin Pandit
5
,
Prabhakar Rajagopal
4
8
,
Mahesh Sankaran
7
,
R Uma Shaanker
9
,
Darshan Shankar
10
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
7
,
Abi Tamim Vanak
5
11
12
,
Suhel Quader
13
Affiliations
1
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, India; kamal.bawa@gmail.com.
2
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125.
3
Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi 110070, India.
4
Metastring Foundation, Sadashiva Nagar, Bengaluru 560080, India.
5
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, India.
6
National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai 600113, India.
7
National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India.
8
Biodiversity Informatics, Strand Life Sciences, Bengaluru 560024, India.
9
University of Agricultural Sciences, Gandhi Krishi Vignan Kendra, Bengaluru 560065, India.
10
Institute of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bengaluru 560064, India.
11
Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India Alliance Program, Kaushik Society, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India.
12
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 4001.
13
Education and Public Engagement Programme, Nature Conservation Foundation, Kodigehalli, Bengaluru 560097, India.
PMID:
32999073
PMCID:
PMC7585009
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2018436117
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Biodiversity*
Conservation of Natural Resources / methods
Conservation of Natural Resources / trends*
Decision Making*
Environmental Health*
Global Health*
Health Planning*
Humans