Monitoring biodiversity �for human, animal and environmental health
October 23, 2025
Francis Banville, PhD
Université de Montréal & GEO BON One Health working group
Canada
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
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Figure by
The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus
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Main objective
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Can we reuse existing indicators for monitoring One Health actions?
biodiversity
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We evaluated indicators from the KM-GBF
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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204 indicators
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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We classified each indicator in relation to Health
| human health | animal health | plant health | environmental health |
indicator 1 | direct link | direct link | no link | direct link |
indicator 2 | indirect link | potential link | potential link | no link |
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direct link > indirect link > potential link > no link
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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Headline indicator 7.2 :
Pesticide environment concentration and/or aggregated total applied toxicity
Definition (Aggregated total applied toxicity): Risk to ecological communities […] from the annual outdoor, agricultural, forestry and public health use of total pesticides […].
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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Headline indicator 7.2 :
Pesticide environment concentration and/or aggregated total applied toxicity
| human health | animal health | plant health | environmental health |
indicator 7.2 | direct link | direct link | direct link | direct link |
direct link > indirect link > potential link > no link
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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Definition: Percentage of water bodies […] with good ambient water quality. “Good” indicates an ambient water quality that does not damage ecosystem function or human health […]
Component indicator 11.CT.2 :
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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Component indicator 11.CT.2 :
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
| human health | animal health | plant health | environmental health |
indicator 11.CT.2 | direct link | direct link | direct link | direct link |
direct link > indirect link > potential link > no link
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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75% of KM-GBF indicators are directly or indirectly linked with human, animal, plant or environmental health
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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204 indicators
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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We evaluated the usability of each indicator for monitoring One Health actions
Two categories:
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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Enhancing One Health capacities to strengthen health systems
AT1 :
3 actions
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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Reducing the risks from emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics and pandemics
AT2 :
3 actions
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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Controlling and eliminating endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases
AT3:
3 actions
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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Strengthening the assessment, management and communication of food safety risks
AT4 :
3 actions
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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Curbing the silent pandemic of
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
AT5 :
3 actions
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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)
Action
track 2
Action
track 3
Action
track 4
Action
track 5
Action
track 6
Action
track 1
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Integrating the environment into One Health
AT6 :
4 actions
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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204 indicators
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19 actions in
6 action tracks
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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AT1
Health systems
AT2
Epidemics and pandemics
AT3
Endemic diseases
AT4
Food safety risks
AT5
Antimicrobial resistance
AT6
Environmental health
0
50
100
150
200
KM-GBF
indicators
53%
51%
33%
55%
20%
79%
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0
25
50
75
100
125
Headline indicators
Headline
KM-GBF
indicators
100% are usable (27/27)
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0
25
50
75
100
125
Binary indicators
Headline
Binary
KM-GBF
indicators
93% are usable (14/15)
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0
25
50
75
100
125
Component indicators
Binary
Component
Headline
KM-GBF
indicators
94% are usable (49/52)
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0
25
50
75
100
125
Complementary indicators
Component
Complementary
Binary
Headline
KM-GBF
indicators
87% are usable (96/110)
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Main objective
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Can we reuse existing indicators for monitoring One Health actions?
biodiversity
Yes!*
*but KM-GBF indicators don’t equitably cover all action tracks, and most important indicators for OH are currently optional
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One Health is based on collaboration
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GIF found on GIPHY
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One Health is based on collaboration
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GIF found on GIPHY
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Thank you! Questions?
indicators linked to Health
indicators
Action tracks
francis.banville@umontreal.ca
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https://francisbanville.github.io/
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