Biodiversity hypothesis states that contact with natural environments enriches the human
microbiome, promotes immune balance and protects from allergy and inflammatory …

Billions of hectares of natural ecosystems have been degraded through human actions. The
global community has agreed on targets to halt and reverse these declines, and the …

Ecological restoration is practiced worldwide as a direct response to the degradation and
destruction of ecosystems. In addition to its ecological impact it has enormous potential to …

Urban green space can help mitigate the negative impacts of urban living and provide
positive effects on citizens' mood, health and well-being. Questions remain, however, as to …

Background In industrialized countries, non-communicable diseases have been increasing
in prevalence since the middle of the 20th century. While the causal mechanisms remain …

There is a growing recognition of the links between the increasing prevalence of
noncommunicable diseases, environmental concerns including biodiversity loss and …

Many noncommunicable diseases are linked to degraded diversity in the human and
environmental microbiota and are rising globally in epidemic proportions in industrialized …

The vast and growing challenges for human health and all life on Earth require urgent and
deep structural changes to the way in which we live. Broken relationships with nature are at …

Microbiome science has provided groundbreaking insights into human and animal health.
Similarly, evolutionary medicine–the incorporation of eco‐evolutionary concepts into …

Ever more research results demonstrate that human health and wellbeing are positively
affected by stays in and/or exposure to natural areas, which leads, among other things, to a …