生态系统健康对公众健康的影响

生态系统健康(EcosystemHealth)是近十余年来国际学术界出现的一个新的研究领域,近几年来由于生态环境恶化,使生态系统不能够提供正常的生态服务功能,生态系统健康问题引起了人们的普遍关注。生态系统健康是指系统具有活力、稳定和自我调节能力。生态系统健康与否将对公众健康造成直接影响。笔者介绍了生态系统健康的内涵、评价方法和指标、生态服务功能,分析了生态系统健康与公众健康的关系。

Effect of Ecosystem Health on Public Health

Ecosystem health is a new research field in international academia in recent years.With the deterioration of environment,ecosystem cannot provide normal value of ecosystem services,in this way,the problem of ecosystem health has caused universal attentions.Ecosystem health means the system is dynamic,stable and has the ability of self-adjustment.Whether the ecosystem is healthy or not will directly affect the public health.The definition,evaluation methods and indexes of ecosystem health and the function of ecosystem services are introduced in this paper.Then the relationship between ecosystem health and public health is pointed out.At last,strategic measures to protect environment and public health are put forward.