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Monitoring biodiversity �for human, animal and environmental health

Francis Banville, postdoc (UdeM)

Colin Carlson, prof (Yale)

Andrea Paz Velez, prof (UdeM)

Timothée Poisot, prof (UdeM)

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Objective

We aim to assess the usability of biodiversity indicators for monitoring One Health actions

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One Health Joint Plan Of Action (2022-26)

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Enhancing One Health capacities to strengthen health systems

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Reducing the risks from emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics and pandemics

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Reducing the risks from emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics and pandemics

WHO Pandemic Agreement

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Controlling and eliminating endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases

Action 3.1 Enable countries to develop and implement community-centric and risk-based solutions to endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne disease control using a One Health approach involving all relevant stakeholders

Action 3.2. Ensure the harmonized application of One Health principles at all levels by implementing practical measures to strengthen local, national, regional and global policy frameworks for the control and prevention of endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases.

Action 3.3. Increase political commitment and investment in the control of endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases, by advocating for and demonstrating the value of a One Health approach.

For example, Dengue fever in the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific.

Or the Chagas disease in the Americas.

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Strengthening the assessment, management and communication of food safety risks

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Curbing the silent pandemic of

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

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Integrating the environment into One Health

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Action 1.1. Establish the foundations for One Health capacities

Action 1.2. Generate mechanisms, tools and capacities to establish a One Healthcompetent workforce and the frameworks/processes to facilitate One Health work

Action 1.3. Generate an enabling environment for the effective implementation of One Health (all of the support structures required for One Health work to operate effectively)

Action 2.1. Understand the drivers of emergence, spillover and spread of zoonotic pathogens

Action 2.2. Identify and prioritize targeted, evidence-based upstream interventions to prevent the emergence, spillover and spread of zoonotic pathogens

Action 2.3. Strengthen national, regional and global One Health surveillance, early warning and response systems

Action 3.1 Enable countries to develop and implement community-centric and risk-based solutions to endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne disease control using a One Health approach involving all relevant stakeholders

Action 3.2. Ensure the harmonized application of One Health principles at all levels by implementing practical measures to strengthen local, national, regional and global policy frameworks for the control and prevention of endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases.

Action 3.3. Increase political commitment and investment in the control of endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases, by advocating for and demonstrating the value of a One Health approach.

Action 4.1. Strengthen the One Health approach in national food control systems and food safety coordination

Action 4.2. Utilize and improve food systems data and analysis, scientific evidence and risk assessment in developing policy and making integrated risk management decisions

Action 4.3. Foster the adoption of the One Health approach in national foodborne disease surveillance systems and research for the detection and monitoring of foodborne disease and food contamination

Action 5.1. Strengthen the capacity and knowledge of countries to prioritize and implement context-specific collaborative One Health work to control AMR in policy, legislation and practice

Action 5.2. Reinforce global and regional initiatives and programmes to influence and support One Health responses to AMR

Action 5.3. Strengthen global AMR governance structures.

Action 6.1. Protect, restore and prevent the degradation of ecosystems and the wider environment

Action 6.2. Mainstream the health of the environment and ecosystems into the One Health approach

Action 6.3. Integrate environmental knowledge, data and evidence into One Health decision-making

Action 6.4. Create an interoperable One Health academic and in-service training programmes for environmental, medical, agricultural and veterinary sector professionals

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We need indicators to

monitor One Health actions

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Kunming-Montreal �Global Biodiversity Framework

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The KM-GBF has indicators at the intersection of human, animal,

plant and environmental health

204 indicators

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Our project

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Link between KM-GBF indicators and health

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Our project

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Link between KM-GBF indicators and health

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Usability of KM-GBF indicators for monitoring One Health actions

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Our project

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Part 1: Objective

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Assess how KM-GBF indicators are linked to human, animal, plant or environmental health

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Part 1: Methods

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We classified each indicator of the KM-GBF in relation to health

	human health	animal health	plant health	environmental health
indicator 1
indicator 2
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Example: Headline indicator 5.1

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Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

Definition: Measures the sustainability of the world’s marine capture fisheries by the abundance of the exploited fish stocks with respect to Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) levels.

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Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

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Example: Headline indicator 7.2

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Pesticide environment concentration and/or aggregated total applied toxicity

Definition (Aggregated total applied toxicity): Risk to ecological communities based on the combined risks to key species groups from the annual outdoor, agricultural, forestry and public health use of total pesticides […].

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Example: Headline indicator 7.2

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Pesticide environment concentration and/or aggregated total applied toxicity

	human health	animal health	plant health	environmental health
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Example: Component indicator 11.CT.2

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Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality

Definition: Percentage of water bodies (rivers, lakes and groundwater) in a country with good ambient water quality. “Good” indicates an ambient water quality that does not damage ecosystem function or human health […]

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Example: Component indicator 11.CT.2

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Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality

	human health	animal health	plant health	environmental health
indicator 11.CT.2

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Part 1: Preliminary results

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72% of KM-GBF indicators are directly or indirectly linked with human, animal, plant or environmental health

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Part 2: Objective

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Identify which indicators can be used to monitor One Health actions

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Part 2: Methods

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For each KM-GBF indicator, we assessed if they are directly usable, usable after adaptation or not usable for monitoring One Health actions.

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Part 2: Methods

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For each KM-GBF indicator, we assessed if they are directly usable, usable after adaptation or not usable for monitoring One Health actions.

We associated directly usable indicators and those usable after adaptation with specific One Health actions.

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One Health is based on collaboration

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One Health is based on collaboration

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Thank you! Questions?

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One Health

working group

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