Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks

Land cover and land use have established effects on hazard and exposure to vector-borne diseases. While our understanding of the proximate and distant causes and consequences of land use decisions has evolved, the focus on the proximate effects of landscape on disease ecology remains dominant. We ar...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S.O Vanwambeke, E.F Lambin, P Meyfroidt, F.A Asaaga, C Millins, B.V Purse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Land Use Science
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2024.2330379
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1846127551648366592
author S.O Vanwambeke
E.F Lambin
P Meyfroidt
F.A Asaaga
C Millins
B.V Purse
author_facet S.O Vanwambeke
E.F Lambin
P Meyfroidt
F.A Asaaga
C Millins
B.V Purse
author_sort S.O Vanwambeke
collection DOAJ
description Land cover and land use have established effects on hazard and exposure to vector-borne diseases. While our understanding of the proximate and distant causes and consequences of land use decisions has evolved, the focus on the proximate effects of landscape on disease ecology remains dominant. We argue that land use governance, viewed through a land system lens, affects tick-borne disease risk. Governance affects land use trajectories and potentially shapes landscapes favourable to ticks or increases contact with ticks by structuring human-land interactions. We illustrate the role of land use legacies, trade-offs in land-use decisions, and social inequities in access to land resources, information and decision-making, with three cases: Kyasanur Forest disease in India, Lyme disease in the Outer Hebrides (Scotland), and tick acaricide resistance in cattle in Ecuador. Land use governance is key to managing the risk of tick-borne diseases, by affecting the hazard and exposure. We propose that land use governance should consider unintended consequences on infectious disease risk.
format Article
id doaj-art-c51f2f9f7e024cdaa5f75cac5118c57e
institution Kabale University
issn 1747-423X
1747-4248
language English
publishDate 2024-12-01
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
record_format Article
series Journal of Land Use Science
spelling doaj-art-c51f2f9f7e024cdaa5f75cac5118c57e2024-12-11T16:26:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Land Use Science1747-423X1747-42482024-12-01191789610.1080/1747423X.2024.2330379Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risksS.O Vanwambeke0E.F Lambin1P Meyfroidt2F.A Asaaga3C Millins4B.V Purse5Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Earth and Climate Pole (ELIC), Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumUniversité Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Earth and Climate Pole (ELIC), Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumUniversité Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Earth and Climate Pole (ELIC), Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UKInstitute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences (IVES), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UKUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UKLand cover and land use have established effects on hazard and exposure to vector-borne diseases. While our understanding of the proximate and distant causes and consequences of land use decisions has evolved, the focus on the proximate effects of landscape on disease ecology remains dominant. We argue that land use governance, viewed through a land system lens, affects tick-borne disease risk. Governance affects land use trajectories and potentially shapes landscapes favourable to ticks or increases contact with ticks by structuring human-land interactions. We illustrate the role of land use legacies, trade-offs in land-use decisions, and social inequities in access to land resources, information and decision-making, with three cases: Kyasanur Forest disease in India, Lyme disease in the Outer Hebrides (Scotland), and tick acaricide resistance in cattle in Ecuador. Land use governance is key to managing the risk of tick-borne diseases, by affecting the hazard and exposure. We propose that land use governance should consider unintended consequences on infectious disease risk.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2024.2330379Land use governancehealthvector-borne diseasesKyasanur Forest DiseaseLyme diseaseacaricide resistance
spellingShingle S.O Vanwambeke
E.F Lambin
P Meyfroidt
F.A Asaaga
C Millins
B.V Purse
Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks
Journal of Land Use Science
Land use governance
health
vector-borne diseases
Kyasanur Forest Disease
Lyme disease
acaricide resistance
title Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks
title_full Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks
title_fullStr Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks
title_full_unstemmed Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks
title_short Land system governance shapes tick-related public and animal health risks
title_sort land system governance shapes tick related public and animal health risks
topic Land use governance
health
vector-borne diseases
Kyasanur Forest Disease
Lyme disease
acaricide resistance
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2024.2330379
work_keys_str_mv AT sovanwambeke landsystemgovernanceshapestickrelatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks
AT eflambin landsystemgovernanceshapestickrelatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks
AT pmeyfroidt landsystemgovernanceshapestickrelatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks
AT faasaaga landsystemgovernanceshapestickrelatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks
AT cmillins landsystemgovernanceshapestickrelatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks
AT bvpurse landsystemgovernanceshapestickrelatedpublicandanimalhealthrisks