Network for Evaluation of One Health

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  • Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus in the Mediterranean – Seeking examples of best practices

    The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Global Water Partnership  for the Mediterranean (GWP-Med) have joined forces to address the complex nexus between the water, energy, food and ecosystem sectors in the Mediterranean region.

    Following the objectives set out in the UfM  Water Declaration, and under the umbrella of the UfM Task Force, the three organisations are currently preparing a joint “Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus”publication in the form of a Nexus Atlas.

    We therefore call on interested parties to suggest useful examples by completing the ‘Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus – Best practice example’ form below and sending it to: JRC-UFM-GWPMed-ATLAS@ec.europa.eu.

    The call for proposals is open until 31 December 2018.

    More info

  • Call for papers: New journal

    Introducing Earth System Governance

    We are delighted to introduce Earth System Governance, an important new journal which brings together the vast literature on governing environmental and sustainability transformations and complex socio-ecological systems.

    The journal is a flagship publication of the global Earth System Governance research alliance and is available to publish cutting-edge research presented at the annual Earth System Governance conferences, academic workshops, synthesising events by the Earth System Governance research taskforces, and similar activities.

    Earth System Governance welcomes original Research Articles as well as engaging Policy Perspectives, provocative Commentaries, longer Review Articles, and concise conference reports from the Earth System Governance community.

    Submit your paper

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B theme issue on ‘One Health for a changing world: zoonosis, ecosystems and human wellbeing’ available online

    One Health for a changing world: zoonoses, ecosystems and human well-being

    Issue compiled and edited by Andrew Cunningham, Ian Scoones and James Wood

    From SARS to swine flu, and Ebola to Zika, a succession of disease outbreaks has spread alarm in an increasingly interconnected world. All the while, neglected diseases such as trypanosomiasis, brucellosis and Rift Valley fever have continued to devastate the lives of millions of vulnerable people in poorer parts of the world. The impacts of these diseases rarely make the headlines. There is though one thing many emerging and endemic diseases have in common: their origin in wild or domesticated animals. As such, both shine a spotlight on human-animal interactions, and raise important questions about the underlying environmental and socio-economic processes – including climate change, land-use change and urbanisation – which may be driving animal-to-human (zoonotic) disease transmission. The intersections of human, animal and ecosystem health lie at the heart of this issue.

    With reference to case studies in Africa, this theme issue discusses the complex interactions at play, the social and political dimensions in which they exist and how modelling can help combine perspectives. Importantly, we interrogate the increasingly popular One Health movement which promotes an integrated, holistic approach to health. And we ask: has One Health really as much to offer in practice as it has in theoretical appeal?

    Read it here

  • PLOS blog on climate change

    Climate change: time to stop, think and do!

    Read the recent PLOS blog highlighting findings of the October IPCC report here