CBD Secretariat and World Health Organization

• Keynote statement, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO
• Biodiversity and Health: Imperative and opportunities for cross-sectoral collaboration, Presentation by the CBD & WHO
• Environment and health in the WHO European Region. Presentation by the WHO Regional office for Europe

Core Thematic Areas

Human microbiome and exposure to microbial diversity in the environment

• Dr. Eeva Furman, Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE
• Dr. Graham Rook, University College London

Food security and nutrition

• Biodiversity and health for food security and nutrition, WHO

Communicable diseases and One Health

• Zoonotic & vector-borne diseases and One Health
• Biodiversity, globalization & communicable diseases in Europe, ECDC

Biocultural diversity and mental health

• Biocultural diversity and mental health

Health in urban environments

• Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban landscapes

Strengthening national, regional and international collaboration: Opportunities and tools

• The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health
• Biodiversity and Health and the Future Earth Knowledge Action Network
• Mainstreaming biodiversity and health in the EU
• Integrated approaches to health and Disaster Risk Reduction - UNISDR
• Sustaining biodiversity and health through sustainable use of wild plants - TRAFFIC
• IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: Implications for health

Education, capacity-building and research

• Biodiversity & Global Health in the Digital Age
• Building inclusive communities of practice for One Health

Presentations by Country Representatives