As the complexity of climate, land, water, human health and well-being challenges expand, so too does the need for a focus on the mesoscale for integrative research and scholarship. Attending to...
Earth & Environment
Watersheds and Health
This collection brings together a range of Research Articles and Opinions focused on the topic of “Watersheds and Health” to profile contemporary efforts focused on integrated watershed management and governance as they relate to health of humans, other species, and ecosystems. The collection contributes to growing efforts to understand how human activities within watersheds influence water-related diseases, water security and ecosystem attributes for food, cultural practice, livelihoods, and lifestyles. It underscores the co-benefits available when integrative approaches to watersheds address overlapping health, ecological and societal priorities.
Image Credit: Watersheds by Pierre Horwitz , CC BY 4.0
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Image creditbw water drop by Liz West, OpenversePLOS Water Attending to the mesoscale: Watersheds and Health
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Image creditA person holding their hands under a stream of water by Nathan Dumlao, CC BYPLOS Water Samqwan—Water: Revitalizing our relationship through Indigenous co-governance
Water is life. Water is sacred. Water is a relative. Water speaks to us in an ancient language. These truths are deeply understood for many Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island and around Mother...
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Image creditLife saving - drinking water by Julien Harneis, CC BY 2.0PLOS Water Integrating data within watershed management and public health
Although scholars have long drawn attention to the profound social, political and security implications created by changes in water supply, quality, and access in many parts of the world...
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PLOS Water Whakamana te tangata – ka whai oranga te taiao: Indigenous led approaches for catchment health in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Large-scale transformation and modification of landscapes have occurred across most catchments in Aotearoa-New Zealand (A-NZ) in the past…
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PLOS Water The future of global river health monitoring
Rivers are the arteries of human civilisation and culture, providing essential goods and services that underpin water and food security,…
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PLOS Water Martuwarra Fitzroy River Watershed: One society, one river law
The paper is an account of the work undertaken within ‘Martuwarra’, the Fitzroy River Watershed, in the Kimberley region of Western…
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PLOS Water The invisibility of health effects associated with water pollution within disease burden estimates: Analysis from a Colombian Andean watershed
Modernization is marked by an increase in pollution-related health risks due to the rapid economic and technological growth. In the Global…
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PLOS Water Citarum Living Lab: Co-creating visions for sustainable river revitalisation
Integrative transdisciplinary approaches to watershed management are critical for addressing intersecting social, economic, and ecological…
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PLOS Water Transforming place-based management within watersheds in Fiji: The watershed interventions for systems health project
Watersheds offer opportunities for place-based interventions to transform systems health via preventative versus reactive approaches to…
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PLOS Water Towards an integrative understanding of British Columbia’s Nechako Watershed: Connecting knowledge systems to strengthen understanding of climate change, watershed security, health and well-being
Understanding of upstream and downstream dynamics of continental river basins demands attention to the influence of important tributaries…