A scoping review of human health co-benefits of forest-based climate change mitigation in Europe

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• dc.contributor.author van den Bosch, Matilda A.
• dc.contributor.author Bartolomeu, María Lucía
• dc.contributor.author Williams, Sarah
• dc.contributor.author Basnou, Corina
• dc.contributor.author Hamilton, Ian G.
• dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
• dc.contributor.author Pino, Joan
• dc.contributor.author Tonne, Cathryn
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T06:56:20Z
• dc.date.available 2024-07-05T06:56:20Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description.abstract Climate change is a pressing global challenge with profound implications for human health. Forest-based climate change mitigation strategies, such as afforestation, reforestation, and sustainable forest management, offer promising solutions to mitigate climate change and simultaneously yield substantial co-benefits for human health. The objective of this scoping review was to examine research trends related to the interdisciplinary nexus between forests as carbon sinks and human health co-benefits. We developed a conceptual framework model, supporting the inclusion of exposure pathways, such as recreational opportunities or aesthetic experiences, in the co-benefit context. We used a scoping review methodology to identify the proportion of European research on forest-based mitigation strategies that acknowledge the interconnection between mitigation strategies and human impacts. We also aimed to assess whether synergies and trade-offs between forest-based carbon sink capacity and human co-benefits has been analysed and quantified. From the initial 4,062 records retrieved, 349 reports analysed European forest management principles and factors related to climate change mitigation capacity. Of those, 97 studies acknowledged human co-benefits and 13 studies quantified the impacts on exposure pathways or health co-benefits and were included for full review. Our analysis demonstrates that there is potential for synergies related to optimising carbon sink capacity together with human co-benefits, but there is currently a lack of holistic research approaches assessing these interrelationships. We suggest enhanced interdisciplinary efforts, using for example multideterminant modelling approaches, to advance evidence and understanding of the forest and health nexus in the context of climate change mitigation.
• dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge support from the grant CEX2018-000806-S funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033, and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program. Funding: This work has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101057131, Climate Action To Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe (CATALYSE). This work was funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant number 10041512] as part of the Horizon Europe HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02 call under grant agreement number 101057131.
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• dc.identifier.citation van den Bosch M, Bartolomeu ML, Williams S, Basnou C, Hamilton I, Nieuwenhuijsen M, et al. A scoping review of human health co-benefits of forest-based climate change mitigation in Europe. Environ Int. 2024 Apr;186:108593. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108593
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108593
• dc.identifier.issn 0160-4120
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60670
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Environ Int. 2024 Apr;186:108593
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/101057131
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2018-000806-S
• dc.rights © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.subject.keyword Carbon sink
• dc.subject.keyword Climate change
• dc.subject.keyword Ecosystem services
• dc.subject.keyword Forest management
• dc.subject.keyword Health co-benefits
• dc.subject.keyword Nature-based solutions
• dc.title A scoping review of human health co-benefits of forest-based climate change mitigation in Europe
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