Side Event

Avian Influenza - Linking Animal Health with Biodiversity Conservation

Organizer
Wildlife Conservation Society

Date and Time
20 March 2006 13:15 - 15:0

Meeting
Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8)

Short Presentations and Panel Discussion. 1) What is Avian Influenza (speaker from Pan American Health Organization 2) Avian Influenza as a Threat to Biodiversity: Inter-sectoral collaboration and global networks. (W.B. Karesh, Co-Chair, IUCN SSC Wildlife Health Specialist Group. 3) The Interdependence of Healthy Wildlife and Healthy Livestock. (Speaker from UN Food and Agriculture Organization) 4) Summary of Results of 20/03/06 CBD Working Group Meeting on the Impact of Avian Influenza on Wildlife (working group Representative) 5) Avian Influenza and Our Common Future (Message from Dr. David Nabarro, UN Coordinator for Human and Avian Influenza) 6) Panel - Question from Audience