EcoHealth: A Transdisciplinary Imperative for a Sustainable Future

The time has come for a scientific journal that recognizes the inherent interdependence of the health of humans, wildlife, and ecosystems, and that provides a ‘‘gathering place’ ’ for those exploring the perspectives, theories, and methodologies emerging at the interface between ecological and health sciences. EcoHealth responds to this challenge and to the demands of a large and growing community of practitioners and scholars who require a high-quality, authoritative forum for reporting on research and practice that integrates human, wildlife, and ecosystem health. Health can be viewed as a central criterion for judging human sustaina-bility (McMichael, 2002) and its understanding in this context draws on integrative and cross-disciplinary ap-proaches involving both the ecological and health sciences