Side Event

Fostering Synergies between Biodiversity and Human Health: Towards the Post 2015 Development Agenda

Organizer
DIVERSITAS, EcoHealth Alliance, UNEP, Bioversity International and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Date and Time
25 June 2014 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Eighteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

Biodiversity, ecosystems and the life-supporting services that they provide are essential to human health, livelihoods and overall well-being. Drawing on the critical connections at the biodiversity-health nexus, the CBD and World Health Organization are working with several partners to develop a State of Knowledge Review on the Interlinkages between Biodiversity and Human health, set to be launched at the CBD twelfth Conference of the Parties. This side event will discuss key thematic areas, potential co-benefits and collaborative opportunities at the intersect of biodiversity and human health, to strengthen the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, in the context of the post-2015 Development agenda. Regional case studies will address a range of issues, ranging from common drivers of biodiversity loss and disease emergence, to the importance of agricultural biodiversity, to food and nutrition security and traditional food cultures.