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Valuation of the ecosystem services: A psycho-cultural perspective by Kumar, Manasi, Kumar, Pushpam

“…Valuation of ecosystems services has been a challenging issue for economists. There is a growing concern to capture the total and incremental changes in…”
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The inclusive wealth index and sustainable development goals by Dasgupta, Partha, Managi, Shunsuke, Kumar, Pushpam

“…In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly agreed on an agenda for sustainable development in member countries. Nations committed themselves to…”
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Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Least Understood and Embraced in Policy Decisions by Kumar, Manasi, Cuijpers, Pim, Kumar, Pushpam

“…Planetary health influences mental health and a better management of climate, biodiversity and pollution has co-benefits of improving mental health outcomes…”
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Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Benefit of Environmental Management by Kumar, Pushpam, Brander, Luke, Kumar, Manasi, Cuijpers, Pim

“…Human activities have induced unprecedented global shifts in natural systems including the climate, the oceans, cryosphere and biosphere. The impacts of these…”
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Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture by Smith, Pete, Martino, Daniel, Cai, Zucong, Gwary, Daniel, Janzen, Henry, Kumar, Pushpam, McCarl, Bruce, Ogle, Stephen, O'Mara, Frank, Rice, Charles, Scholes, Bob, Sirotenko, Oleg, Howden, Mark, McAllister, Tim, Pan, Genxing, Romanenkov, Vladimir, Schneider, Uwe, Towprayoon, Sirintornthep, Wattenbach, Martin, Smith, Jo

“…but the net flux is small. Many agricultural practices can potentially mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the most prominent of which are improved…”
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Air pollution and development in Africa: impacts on health, the economy, and human capital by Fisher, Samantha, Bellinger, David C, Cropper, Maureen L, Kumar, Pushpam, Binagwaho, Agnes, Koudenoukpo, Juliette Biao, Park, Yongjoon, Taghian, Gabriella, Landrigan, Philip J

“…Africa is undergoing both an environmental and an epidemiological transition. Household air pollution is the predominant form of air pollution, but it is…”
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Sustainable matrix beyond GDP: investment for inclusive growth by Managi, Shunsuke, Chen, Shuning, Kumar, Pushpam, Dasgupta, Partha

“…Abstract Measuring a country’s sustainable development by its gross domestic product (GDP) is insufficient to capture the loss of capital that determines…”
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Impact of pandemic on mental health in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by Kumar, Manasi, Kumar, Pushpam

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Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation by Landrigan, Philip J, Britt, Michael, Fisher, Samantha, Holmes, Amelia, Kumar, Manasi, Mu, Jenna, Rizzo, Isabella, Sather, Anna, Yousuf, Aroub, Kumar, Pushpam

“…Since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has amassed great wealth and achieved unprecedented material prosperity. These advances have come, however, at great…”
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Announcing the Minderoo - Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health by Landrigan, Philip J, Raps, Hervé, Symeonides, Christos, Chiles, Thomas, Cropper, Maureen, Enck, Judith, Hahn, Mark E, Hixson, Richard, Kumar, Pushpam, Mustapha, Adetoun, Park, Yongjoon, Spring, Margaret, Stegeman, John, Thompson, Richard, Wang, Zhanyun, Wolff, Megan, Yousuf, Aroub, Dunlop, Sarah

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The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children by Sly, Peter D, Trottier, Brittany A, Bulka, Catherine M, Cormier, Stephania A, Fobil, Julius, Fry, Rebecca C, Kim, Kyoung-Woong, Kleeberger, Steven, Kumar, Pushpam, Landrigan, Philip J, Lodrop Carlsen, Karin C, Pascale, Antonio, Polack, Fernando, Ruchirawat, Mathuros, Zar, Heather J, Suk, William A

“…An unusual feature of SARS-Cov-2 infection and the COVID-19 pandemic is that children are less severely affected than adults. This is especially paradoxical…”
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Innovative tools and new metrics for inclusive green economy by Kumar, Pushpam

“…•Inclusive green growth/economy really revolves around injecting investment in ecosystem restoration.•Restoration of natural capital/ecosystems is found to be…”
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Impact of climate events, pollution, and green spaces on mental health: an umbrella review of meta-analyses by Cuijpers, Pim, Miguel, Clara, Ciharova, Marketa, Kumar, Manasi, Brander, Luke, Kumar, Pushpam, Karyotaki, Eirini

“…Climate change may affect mental health. We conducted an umbrella review of meta-analyses examining the association between mental health and climate events…”
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Measuring for sustainability by Contestabile, Monica

“…Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), talks to Nature Sustainability about the need to focus on…”
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Impact of economic drivers on mangroves of Indian Sundarbans: an exploration of missing links by Kumar, Pushpam

“…Export of shrimps and prawns using intensive cultivation in the Sundarban area of Indian Bengal had a negative impact on mangrove forests in 1980s. Land…”
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Linking ecosystem services to strategic environmental assessment in development policies by Kumar, Pushpam, Esen, Sitki Ersin, Yashiro, Makiko

“…This paper first, introduces the concept of mainstreaming ecosystem services by showing its relevance for development planning. Second, it presents the role…”
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Pollution and Global Health – An Agenda for Prevention by Landrigan, Philip J, Fuller, Richard, Hu, Howard, Caravanos, Jack, Cropper, Maureen L, Hanrahan, David, Sandilya, Karti, Chiles, Thomas C, Kumar, Pushpam, Suk, William A

“…Pollution is a major, overlooked, global health threat that was responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million deaths and great economic losses. To end neglect…”
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Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units by de Groot, Rudolf, Brander, Luke, van der Ploeg, Sander, Costanza, Robert, Bernard, Florence, Braat, Leon, Christie, Mike, Crossman, Neville, Ghermandi, Andrea, Hein, Lars, Hussain, Salman, Kumar, Pushpam, McVittie, Alistair, Portela, Rosimeiry, Rodriguez, Luis C., ten Brink, Patrick, van Beukering, Pieter

“…This paper gives an overview of the value of ecosystem services of 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units. In total, over 320 publications were screened…”
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Improving and Expanding Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease Due to Environmental Health Risk Factors by Shaffer, Rachel M, Sellers, Samuel P, Baker, Marissa G, de Buen Kalman, Rebeca, Frostad, Joseph, Suter, Megan K, Anenberg, Susan C, Balbus, John, Basu, Niladri, Bellinger, David C, Birnbaum, Linda, Brauer, Michael, Cohen, Aaron, Ebi, Kristie L, Fuller, Richard, Grandjean, Philippe, Hess, Jeremy J, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kumar, Pushpam, Landrigan, Philip J, Lanphear, Bruce, London, Stephanie J, Rooney, Andrew A, Stanaway, Jeffrey D, Trasande, Leonardo, Walker, Katherine, Hu, Howard

“…The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), produces influential, data-driven estimates of…”
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Behavioural foundation of response policies for ecosystem management: What can we learn from Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) by Kumar, Pushpam, Kumar, Manasi, Garrett, Lucy

“…The paper evaluates response policies for the management of ecosystem services. It specifically focuses on the implementation of economic response policies and…”
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