Monitoring biodiversity for human, animal and environmental health
February 24, 2026
Francis Banville, PhD
Université de Montréal & GEO BON One Health working group
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By monitoring biodiversity, �we also monitor Health
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The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
Francis Banville
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
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The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Human health is linked to animal and environmental health
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The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus
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Main objective
Can we reuse existing indicators for monitoring One Health actions?
biodiversity
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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We evaluated indicators from the KM-GBF
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
204 indicators
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Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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 |
… | | | | |
direct link > indirect link > potential link > no link
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Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Are any KM-GBF indicators linked to Health?
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?
75% of KM-GBF indicators are directly or indirectly linked with human, animal, plant or environmental health
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
204 indicators
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Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
We evaluated the usability of each indicator for monitoring One Health actions
Three 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
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
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
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
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
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
Integrating the environment into One Health
AT6 :
4 actions
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
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?
AT1
Health systems
AT2
Epidemics and pandemics
AT3
Endemic diseases
AT4
Food safety risks
AT5
Antimicrobial resistance
AT6
Environmental health
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100
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200
KM-GBF
indicators
All action tracks
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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204 indicators
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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204 indicators
mandatory
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
% Headline
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% Headline indicators (n = 27)
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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% Binary
% Headline
% Binary indicators (n = 15)
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
% Component indicators (n = 52)
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% Binary
% Component
% Headline
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Can any KM-GBF indicators be used to monitor OH actions?
AT1
AT2
AT3
AT4
AT5
AT6
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
% Complementary indicators (n = 110)
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% Binary
% Component
% Complementary
% Headline
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Main objective
Monitoring Biodiversity for Health
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% Binary
% Component
% Complementary
% Headline
Can we reuse existing indicators for monitoring One Health actions?
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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Image by
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
By monitoring biodiversity, �we also monitor One Health actions
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One Health is based on collaboration
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GIF found on GIPHY
One Health is based on collaboration
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Thank you! Questions?
indicators linked to Health
indicators
Action tracks
francis.banville@umontreal.ca
One Health working group
https://francisbanville.github.io/
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