Ecological restoration should be regarded as a public health service. Unfortunately, the lack of quantitative linkages between environmental and human health has limited recognition of this principle. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic provides the impetus for further discussion. We propose ecological countermeasures as highly targeted, landscape-based interventions to arrest the drivers of land use-induced zoonotic spillover. We provide examples of ecological restoration activities that reduce zoonotic disease risk and a five-point action plan at the human-ecosystem health nexus. In conclusion, we make the case that ecological countermeasures are a tenet of restoration ecology with human health goals.

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预防人畜共患疾病爆发的生态对策：当生态恢复成为人类健康的当务之急


生态修复应被视为一项公共卫生服务。不幸的是，环境与人类健康之间缺乏定量联系，限制了人们对这一原则的认识。 COVID-19 大流行的出现为进一步讨论提供了动力。我们提出了生态对策，即高度有针对性的、基于景观的干预措施，以阻止土地利用引起的人畜共患病溢出的驱动因素。我们提供了减少人畜共患疾病风险的生态恢复活动的例子，以及人类与生态系统健康关系的五点行动计划。总之，我们认为生态对策是具有人类健康目标的恢复生态学的宗旨。