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One Health: Reducing Disease Risk

Web• Disease risks are a growing threat to human health and species survival • Changes in ecosystems and contact with wildlife and other animals are driving risks • A One Health

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One Health principles for sustainable tourism in protected and

WebThe wide-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have included immense loss of life and serious health and economic consequences across communities and ecosystems. …

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Biodiversity and health IUCN

WebBiodiversity plays a critical role for human health and well-being, economic prosperity, food safety and security, and other important areas necessary for the …

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Promoting Human Health through the Global Biodiversity …

WebThe Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) explicitly recognizes the interlinkages between biodiversity and health, referencing One Health as an overarching …

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Biodiversity and soil health: how protecting one, safeguards the

WebThe International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated each year on May 22, aims to increase awareness of biodiversity, the living fabric of our planet. ‘Building a …

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Promoting Human Health through the Global Biodiversity …

WebA provisional analysis of publicly available NBSAPs for this brief finds that most NBSAPs take a limited approach to integrating human health (if at all) and rarely consider the …

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Nature-based Solutions for Health

WebBiodiversity and ecosystem health underpins human well-being, from climate resilience, to food and water security, to human health. Investing in Nature-based Solutions to protect, …

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Conserving healthy soils

WebThe health of soils is dependent on the variety of organisms they contain, known as soil biodiversity. The amount of soil biodiversity determines the productivity of land, and thus …

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50 million Euros to seed new Nature for Health Trust Fund for

Web50 million Euros to seed new Nature for Health Trust Fund for Pandemic Prevention. IUCN, together with partners, look forward to implementing this new Fund to …

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One Health: Reducing Disease Risk

WebIUCN Policy Brief – November 2022 One Health: Reducing Disease Risk What is the issue? The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the serious threat and impact of infectious …

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It is Time for a Global Wildlife Health Authority

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how vulnerable we are to emerging diseases, and exposed the lack of wildlife health oversight, surveillance and …

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The benefits and risks of rewilding

WebRewilding aims to restore ecosystems and reverse biodiversity declines by allowing wildlife and natural processes to reclaim areas no longer under human management. …

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Restoring the connection between forests and human health

WebForests play a crucial role in supporting our mental and physical health, yet this is often overlooked within health strategies, education programmes, and in everyday …

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Plastics: mitigating their environmental, health and human

WebA paradigm shift towards a new global and comprehensive governance regime that addresses the environmental, health and human rights impacts of plastics at …

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Wetlands and Human Well-being

WebWetlands and Human Well-being. Wetlands, often overlooked and undervalued, are, in fact, one of the most vital and productive ecosystems on our planet. …

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Protected areas are vital for human health and well-being

Webpeople, medicines remain a locally-collected and traded product that is their main resource for meeting primary health care needs. Indeed, more species of medicinal plants

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Restoring the Connection Between Forests and Human Health …

WebRestoring the Connection Between Forests and Human Health. Writers: Chantal van Ham & Helen Klimmek Grandfather and child. Source: Anna Danilkova, shutterstock. Forest …

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One Health nature conservation project in Central Asia launched

WebSamarkand, Uzbekistan, 13 February 2024 (IUCN) – An IUCN-led international partnership has launched the One Health Central Asia project, aiming to mitigate the risk of …

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The plastic pollution crisis

WebThe plastic pollution crisis. Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of …

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