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Biodiversidad del suelo y salud humana

Diana H Wall¹, Uffe N Nielsen², Johan Six³

¹School of Global Environmental Sustainability and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1036, USA.

|November 24, 2015

Resumen

La biodiversidad del suelo apoya la salud humana al suprimir los patógenos y proporcionar recursos esenciales. La gestión sostenible puede mantener y restaurar estas comunidades subterráneas vitales para mejorar el bienestar.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ciencias del medio ambiente
Ecología del suelo
Salud humana

Sus antecedentes:

La biodiversidad del suelo es crucial para los servicios ecosistémicos que benefician a la salud humana, incluida la supresión de enfermedades y la provisión de aire, agua y alimentos limpios.
La disminución global de la biodiversidad del suelo debido a una mala gestión de la tierra y al cambio ambiental amenaza estos servicios esenciales.
La comprensión actual pone de relieve el potencial de las prácticas sostenibles para mantener y restaurar la biodiversidad del suelo.

Objetivo del estudio:

Subrayar el vínculo entre la biodiversidad del suelo y los beneficios para la salud humana.
Destacar los impactos negativos de las prácticas de gestión de la tierra y el cambio ambiental en los ecosistemas del suelo.
Subrayar el potencial de la gestión sostenible del suelo para el bienestar humano.

Principales métodos:

Revisión de la investigación actual sobre la biodiversidad del suelo y sus servicios ecosistémicos.
Análisis del impacto de las prácticas de gestión de la tierra y el cambio ambiental en las comunidades subterráneas.
Síntesis de los resultados sobre el potencial de la gestión sostenible para restaurar la biodiversidad del suelo.

Principales resultados:

La biodiversidad del suelo ofrece importantes beneficios para la salud humana.
Las prácticas perjudiciales de gestión de la tierra y los cambios ambientales están causando una disminución generalizada de la biodiversidad del suelo.
Las estrategias de gestión sostenible ofrecen una vía viable para mantener y restaurar la biodiversidad del suelo.

Conclusiones:

La protección y la mejora de la biodiversidad del suelo son fundamentales para salvaguardar la salud humana.
Las prácticas mejoradas y ecológicamente complejas de manejo del suelo representan un recurso subutilizado para la salud pública.
La gestión sostenible de la tierra es clave para preservar los beneficios derivados de los ecosistemas del suelo.

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