An Integrative Approach to Healthy Social-Ecological System to Support Increased Resilience of Resource Management in Food-Producing Systems

The study addresses health-associated risks and health indicators required for the framing of Social-Ecological System Health (SESH) in aquaculture food-producing systems. The advantages of using a healthy Social-Ecological System (SES) are highlighted, to aid in the development of a new ecological...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 14; no. 22; p. 14830
Main Authors Urdes, Laura, Simion, Violeta-Elena, Talaghir, Laurentiu-Gabriel, Mindrescu, Veronica
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2022
Subjects
Analysis
Aquaculture
Aquaculture industry
Aquaculture products
Aquatic ecosystems
Biology
Consumption
Cryptosporidium
Disease prevention
Economic impact
Ecosystem biology
Ecosystems
Environmental economics
Epidemiology
Food
Health aspects
Health risks
Impact analysis
Medical care, Cost of
Morphology
Parasites
Pathogens
Resource management
Society
Sustainability
Sustainable development
System theory
Zoonoses
United Kingdom
Romania
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Summary:The study addresses health-associated risks and health indicators required for the framing of Social-Ecological System Health (SESH) in aquaculture food-producing systems. The advantages of using a healthy Social-Ecological System (SES) are highlighted, to aid in the development of a new ecological system fostering the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems. The study used statistic modelling of some human infections with Cryptosporidium spp. and Cyclospora spp., used to obtain an estimate of the costs of zoonoses to health systems, and the outcomes of an epidemiological study involving the Eustrongylides spp. in fish. The study indicated that parasitic zoonoses have an important economic impact on health systems, environment and society at large. Holistic approaches to health, addressing all relevant actors are required to mitigate these impacts. To address the risk of eustrongylides and other fish-, and water-borne zoonoses, the development of new social-ecological system health should be constructed. For aquaculture production, such systems must include a biosecurity plan co-developed and negotiated by all relevant stakeholders. While the system’s feasibility is yet to be validated, regular revision of such systems’ functioning and outputs is an important premise to make them operational.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su142214830