The One Health Working Group aims to further the ambitious goals of the One Health Joint Plan of Action (2022-2026) to “mainstream the health of the environment and ecosystems into the One Health approach”, by
- Evaluating the relevance of existing Essential Biodiversity Variables to the One Health action goals
- Establishing case studies using BON in a Box to provide updatable information relevant to One Health stakeholders
- Outlining how the core principles of the GBiOS can be adapted or re-used for the surveillance of infectious disease
Over time, the working group will expand into a Knowledge-to-Action Hub, with the specific task to involve external stakeholders to
- Ensure the relevance of data products to their needs
- Assess the relevance of developing new Essential Biodiversity Variables for biodiversity and health
- Make specific recommendations on BON design to allow biodiversity monitoring as well as biosurveillance
Lead
 Timothée Poisot Université de Montréal |
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Key objectives
- Identify and agree on a set of EBVs that characterize the structure of ecosystems, its relationship to biodiversity, and that facilitate monitoring change. Develop an explicit definition for each EBV, including any sub-variables.
- Identify the in situ and remotely sensed observations needed to generate these EBVs, and facilitate the acquisition of and access to these observations.
- Facilitate mechanisms to generate the identified EBVs and sub-variables and make them accessible.
- Work with the various BONs to provide guidance on the observation systems and facilitate the acquisition of in situ data pertinent to ecosystem structure.
- Relate the Ecosystem Structure EBVs to policy relevant outputs, particularly indicators for the CBD targets and SDGs.
The activities of the working group are taking place on the Discourse group. GEOBON members interested in getting involved can apply to join the group, or reach out to Timothée Poisot.
Living Data 2025 session “Biodiversity data for One Health: Integrating open data to address global health challenges”