TY - JOUR
T1 - Biodiversity and health
T2 - Lessons and recommendations from an interdisciplinary conference to advise Southeast Asian research, society and policy
AU - Walther, Bruno Andreas
AU - Boëte, Christophe
AU - Binot, Aurélie
AU - By, Youlet
AU - Cappelle, Julien
AU - Carrique-Mas, Juan
AU - Chou, Monidarin
AU - Furey, Neil
AU - Kim, Sothea
AU - Lajaunie, Claire
AU - Lek, Sovan
AU - Méral, Philippe
AU - Neang, Malyne
AU - Tan, Boon Huan
AU - Walton, Catherine
AU - Morand, Serge
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the University of Health Sciences and its hospitable staff for hosting the conference. We acknowledge the following institutions and persons for their contributions: JCM was funded by the Wellcome Trust (Intermediate Clinical Fellowship Grant Ref. No. 110085/Z/15/Z ). We acknowledge the contribution of the ComAcross project, implemented by CIRAD/GREASE network funded by the European Union. The conference was supported by the French ANR CP&ES, grant ANR 11 CPEL 002 BiodivHealthSEA (Local impacts and perceptions of global changes: Biodiversity, health and zoonoses in Southeast Asia), the Bio-Asie program of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and CNRS through the project PathoDivSEA (Pathogen Diversity in Southeast Asia) and supported by IRD and Fondation Mérieux.
Funding Information:
BAW was financially supported by a seed grant from Taipei Medical University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Southeast Asia is an economic, biodiverse, cultural and disease hotspot. Due to rapid socio-economic and environmental changes, the role of biodiversity and ecosystems for human health ought to be examined and communicated to decision-makers and the public. We therefore summarized the lessons and recommendations from an interdisciplinary conference convened in Cambodia in 2014 to advise Southeast Asian societies on current research efforts, future research needs, and to provide suggestions for improved education, training and science-policy interactions. First, we reviewed several examples of the important role of ecosystems as 'sentinels' in the sense that potentially harmful developments for human health become first apparent in ecosystem components. Other ecosystem services which also benefit human well-being are briefly summarized. Second, we summarized the recommendations of the conference's roundtable discussions and added recent developments in the science-policy interface. The recommendations were organized along five themes: Ethical and legal considerations; implementation of the One Health approach; education, training, and capacity building; future research priorities; and potential science-policy interactions. While the role of biodiversity for human health needs further research, especially for zoonoses and emerging diseases, many direct and indirect benefits to human health are already apparent, but have yet to filter down to the science-policy interface in order to influence legislation and enforcement. Therefore, efforts to strengthen the interface in Southeast Asia should become a high priority in order to strengthen the health and resilience of Southeast Asian societies.
AB - Southeast Asia is an economic, biodiverse, cultural and disease hotspot. Due to rapid socio-economic and environmental changes, the role of biodiversity and ecosystems for human health ought to be examined and communicated to decision-makers and the public. We therefore summarized the lessons and recommendations from an interdisciplinary conference convened in Cambodia in 2014 to advise Southeast Asian societies on current research efforts, future research needs, and to provide suggestions for improved education, training and science-policy interactions. First, we reviewed several examples of the important role of ecosystems as 'sentinels' in the sense that potentially harmful developments for human health become first apparent in ecosystem components. Other ecosystem services which also benefit human well-being are briefly summarized. Second, we summarized the recommendations of the conference's roundtable discussions and added recent developments in the science-policy interface. The recommendations were organized along five themes: Ethical and legal considerations; implementation of the One Health approach; education, training, and capacity building; future research priorities; and potential science-policy interactions. While the role of biodiversity for human health needs further research, especially for zoonoses and emerging diseases, many direct and indirect benefits to human health are already apparent, but have yet to filter down to the science-policy interface in order to influence legislation and enforcement. Therefore, efforts to strengthen the interface in Southeast Asia should become a high priority in order to strengthen the health and resilience of Southeast Asian societies.
KW - Antibiotic resistance
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Evolution
KW - Science-policy interface
KW - Southeast Asia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26903421
AN - SCOPUS:84959331714
SN - 1567-1348
VL - 40
SP - 29
EP - 46
JO - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
JF - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
ER -