Rapid review of the literature on zoonoses in the context of One Health in the Selva Maya

Executive Summary

In recent years, the global community has recognized that damaging ecosystems threatens the foundation of human life, a warning scientists and activists have long issued. The impacts of climate change are becoming evident through extreme weather and concurrent health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the connection between ecosystem destruction, biodiversity loss, and disease outbreaks. This realization underscores the inadequacy of isolated technological fixes for environmental issues, emphasizing the need for solutions that acknowledge our deep interdependence with the planet’s health and fundamentally change our interaction with life’s essential elements.