Beyond spillover : leveraging zoonotic disease research to advance biodiversity conservation

Abstract

Biodiversity and conservation are at the forefront of global well-being and should form an integral part of One Health collaborative research in efforts aimed at achieving optimal health for people, animals and ecosystems. To address biodiversity conservation, international policy frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 15), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the more recent Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), have been developed. While many local, national, and international initiatives continuously strive to define, monitor, and protect in-country biodiversity, these efforts are often constrained by financial limitations and/or insufficient technical expertise and resources.