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#30602021-03-03
Action by
2021-04-02
Peer review of draft documents for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24)
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/LS/VA/88724 (2021-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points
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#1274842021-03-03
UN report shows how we can safeguard the health of the planet
"Making peace with nature is the defining task of the coming decades," writes António Guterres, UN secretary general, in his introduction to a landmark UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report, "Making Peace With Nature," released February 18.
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#1274552021-03-02
Bee sting twice as likely to land Australians in hospital than encounter with venomous wildlife
Australia is home to the 11 most venomous snakes in the world, the deadliest spider in the world, and some of the most venomous marine life. And yet according to a study released on Wednesday, Australians are twice as likely end up in hospital because of a bee or wasp sting than an encounter wit ...
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#1274042021-03-01
How Brussels can help or hinder the fight against malaria
In the wake of the pandemic, the world has much for which to thank Europe. Not only did European science lead the field in developing the first approved vaccine against COVID-19, but the EU’s long history of rigorous regulatory approval has also allowed for public confidence in its safety and ef ...
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#1274122021-03-01
Zoonoses and Climate Change: Is One Health Enough?
Zoonotic diseases or zoonoses are animal infections that people can catch. Viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi transmitted by animals to other animals like pets, and people, can produce mild to serious illnesses. Scientists estimate that about two-thirds of known infectious diseases and thre ...
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#1273722021-02-26
Creature comfort: why TV nature shows are good for mental health
From Planet Earth to Springwatch and beyond, programmes about animals in the natural world can soothe the nervous system and raise the spirits
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#1273462021-02-25
A GDP for nature: How measuring the health of the natural world might prevent the next pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us how vulnerable we are to deadly infectious diseases. How we got here has been decades in the making, with plenty of warning signs along the way, from SARS to MERS to Ebola to Zika.
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#1273332021-02-24
Asean could be hot spot for next pandemic–ACB head
WITH 346 bat species, three species of pangolins, and over 2,000 migratory avian species, Southeast Asia could be a hot spot for the next pandemic, the Director of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) warned.
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#1272322021-02-22
Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040
On World Health Day in 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “protecting human health is the ‘bottom line’ of climate change strategies”.
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#1272222021-02-19
'A world of sound opens up': how 10 minutes in nature reaps rewards
Sir David Attenborough’s latest advice for restoring our damaged relationship with nature is reassuringly straightforward. “One of the simplest things that you should do if you get the chance, when you get the chance, is just naturally to stop,” he told the Call of the Wild podcast.
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#1271732021-02-18
Mink farms a continuing Covid risk to humans and wildlife, warn EU experts
All mink farms are at risk of becoming infected with Covid-19 and spreading the virus, and staff and animals should be regularly tested, EU disease and food safety experts said on Thursday.
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#1270572021-02-12
Biodiversity protects bee communities from disease
A new analysis of thousands of native and nonnative Michigan bees shows that the most diverse bee communities have the lowest levels of three common viral pathogens.
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#1269892021-02-11
We need to act now to save nature
Nature keeps all of us alive. If we don't look after it, millions of people all over the world will face sickness and starvation in the coming century. But nature is struggling, and it needs our help. Animals and plants everywhere are disappearing. It is vital that we stop nature's decline - an ...
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#1269522021-02-10
How Focusing On Health, Climate Change And Farmers’ Earnings Can Build A Company
In an age of Covid-19, the $137.0 billion superfood category is expected to surge, according to Grand View Research. Superfoods are rich in fibers, vitamins, antioxidants, polyphenols, and minerals that help metabolism; strengthen the immune system, muscles and bones; and protect the body from w ...
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#1269652021-02-10
Seagulls are indicators of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in environment
Gulls are one of the main wild birds that act as reservoirs of Campylobacter and Salmonella resistant to antibiotics, the two most relevant intestinal bacteria causing gastroenteritis in humans, according to an article published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
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#6059News Headlines
#1267902021-02-01
African swine fever decimates Philippine pig stocks
African swine fever (ASF) sweeping through the Philippines has wiped out over a third of the country's pig stocks, threatening food security in a country already reeling from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#1267702021-01-29
Tweeting appreciation: bird-watching groups take flight in lockdown
Grassroots bird-watching and gardening groups have seen an influx of new members during the pandemic, which has reignited a British love-affair for birds and their song.
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#1267032021-01-26
China's new animal health rules alone won't stop zoonotic outbreaks, experts warn
China’s attempts to prevent another zoonotic disease outbreak will fail without deep changes in enforcement, oversight, and extensive investment to ramp up veterinary capacity, say experts.
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#1266562021-01-19
OPINION: COVID-19 has shown what happens when we destroy nature - 2021 must be the year we change course
COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health crisis. But it has also been a wake-up call to the risks posed by our destructive relationship with the natural world.
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#1266022021-01-14
Public hearing on link between biodiversity loss and pandemics such as COVID-19
Organized by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the hearing will address the loss of biodiversity and the extent to which this increases the risk of pandemics due to change in land use, climate change and wildlife trade. The role that the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 20 ...
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#1265642021-01-12
FAO Director-General stresses crucial role of biodiversity in combating zoonotic diseases
Emphasizing the interconnectedness of environmental, animal and human health, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu reiterated FAO’s commitment to continue supporting the mainstreaming of biodiversity across agriculture and food sectors also by the Hand in Hand Initiative.
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#1265162020-12-30
Bringing Traditional Healing Under the Microscope in South Africa
IN JUNE, Artemisia afra was in high demand on the streets of Johannesburg in South Africa. To treat Covid-19 symptoms, the Indigenous herb’s silvery leaves were for sale at roadside vendors and in the city’s popular traditional markets. Some people even pulled the plant from private gardens. And ...
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#1264692020-12-28
WHO chief warns Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic: climate change and animal welfare must be addressed
The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization's chief said.
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#1263852020-12-21
Egypt reports bird flu outbreaks in rural area
Local authorities in rural Egypt have declared a state of emergency after detecting two outbreaks of bird flu.Nagy Awad, head of the veterinary agency in the southwestern province of al-Wadi al-Gedid, said Sunday that avian influenza was detected in two poultry farms in the villages of Ezab el-Q ...
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#1263542020-12-18
The problems of dietary simplification
New Food’s Editor looks at the issue of dietary simplification and how a lack of biodiversity is impacting both health and food security.
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#1263152020-12-17
Expanded biodiversity infrastructure is essential for pandemic preparedness, say experts
When you imagine a visit to a natural history museum, the first thing that springs to mind could be dinosaur bones or taxidermized animals.
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#1262762020-12-16
To Prevent the Next COVID-19, Prioritise Biodiversity
From the most remote terrestrial wilderness to the most densely populated cities, humans are inexorably changing the planet. We have put 1 million species at risk of extinction, degraded soil and habitats, polluted the air and water, destroyed forests and coral reefs wholesale, exploited wild sp ...
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#1262902020-12-16
'We might have a Covid-21 or Covid-22 coming our way'
We need a broader approach to health, says conservationist Cristián Samper. Our treatment of nature increases the risk of further pandemics
Meeting
#6044Special virtual session for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-03 on biodiversity, One Health and COVID-19
15 - 16 December 2020, Online
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#1262502020-12-15
First case of coronavirus detected in wild animal
The first known case of coronavirus in a wild animal has been reported, leading to calls for widespread monitoring of wildlife. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a wild mink had tested positive around an infected mink farm in Utah.
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#1261722020-12-11
New Report from World Wildlife Fund Explores Planet-Based Diets
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently released a report detailing ways countries can improve human health and restore the environment through sustainable diets.
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#1261682020-12-10
Why Mediterranean food culture is as important as the Mediterranean diet for sustainability
They say you are what you eat, but in reality, your diet will have much more impact on what is likely to become of you in the future. Genetics account for less than 20 per cent of a healthy life expectancy, leaving factors like diet and lifestyle making up the remaining 80 per cent. Food choices ...
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#1261102020-12-09
Why bees? Why honey?
Because this nature’s army is crucial for the productivity of our food system and the honey they make works for our well-being and health. This much we know. But what we ignore is just how quickly we can lose this gift of nature. Since the release of our investigation into the adulteration of ho ...
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#1260312020-12-07
Biological diversity increases life satisfaction
Under the current pandemic conditions, activities out in nature are a popular pastime. The beneficial effects of a diverse nature on people's mental health have already been documented by studies on a smaller scale. Scientists of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, the iDiv, and the ...
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#1260362020-12-07
Biodiversity is our Life Insurance
Since its early days, Slow Food has put the defense of biodiversity at the heart of its strategies. This precious natural resource is under threat worldwide, including in Europe. But what is biodiversity? What does it have to do with our food and health? And what is the European Union doing to r ...
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#1259772020-12-02
The next pandemic: New diseases could spread undetected in some of world's most connected cities
New infectious diseases could spread undetected in up to 20 per cent of the world's most connected cities, which are “slap bang in the middle” of high risk spillover zones but lack the health infrastructure needed to contain dangerous new pathogens.
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#1258592020-11-25
Covid pandemic has helped people to ‘re-engage’ with nature, says agency
Covid-19 challenged people’s abilities to cope with societal disruption but prompted stronger appreciation of “connectedness to the environment on a local scale” even within a few kilometres of home.
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#1258262020-11-24
COVID-19 and Biodiversity Loss: How Destruction of the Environment Leads to Pandemics
The devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have left us all wondering: What have we done wrong to create a global catastrophe that has killed more than a million people? The general public has been focusing on explanations related to the immediate present — that we have not taken the right ...
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#1258032020-11-20
Half of child psychiatrists surveyed say patients have environment anxiety
More than half of child and adolescent psychiatrists in England are seeing patients distressed about the state of the environment, a survey has revealed.
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#1257712020-11-19
How Nature Heals
Among all their marvels, trees are good listeners. They stand silently and courteously, holding space for all our thoughts – the happy ones and the sad ones. They’ve learned mercy, they’ve ea
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#1257352020-11-17
A one-health approach to prevent COVID-21, COVID-22 and other future pandemics
While still in the grips of a global pandemic, it has become painfully apparent that addressing the complex interactions of human, animal, and environmental health needs multilateral and national adoption of a fully integrated One Health approach, write Cristián Samper and Niels Annen.
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#1256602020-11-11
I Tried ‘Forest Bathing’ to Cure My COVID Fatigue
I rarely leave home because of the pandemic so I wondered, would going to a forest to do nothing in urban Singapore actually help my mental health?
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#1255312020-11-04
Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?
The world is in an “era of pandemics”. Unless the destruction of the natural world is halted, diseases will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people and affect the global economy with more devastating impacts than ever before. This was the stark warning from the world’s leading s ...
Notification
#30062020-08-14
Action by
2020-09-10
Webinar Conference: "Building back better: protecting biodiversity, combating land degradation and mitigating climate change to reduce the risks of future pandemics, and the importance of a coherent approach"
Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/NP/CE/88997 (2020-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
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#29982020-07-10
Invitation to the Side Event on "Urgent Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development - Update on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework with a focus on how biodiversity contributes to Planetary and Human Health"
Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JBM/89013 (2020-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
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#1254252020-06-17
Why all human rights depend on a healthy environment
Recent revelations about the speed and scale of nature’s decline are hard to truly comprehend. Not since the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago has the diversity and abundance of life on Earth plunged so precipitously.
Meeting
#5974World Food Safety Day 2020
7 June 2020, Rome, Italy
News Headlines
#1253872020-05-01
Biodiversity or Bust
Diseases transmitted from animals have decimated human populations at least since the bubonic plague appeared in Biblical times. Centuries later, preserving healthy ecosystems is the most effective – and the most cost-effective – way to prevent future outbreaks that endanger our lives and threat ...
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#1253502020-04-30
Deadlier outbreaks could follow coronavirus pandemic if people don't stop destroying nature, say experts
Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, infrastructure development and exploitation of wild species have created a ‘perfect storm’ for the spillover of diseases from wildlife to people.