title: From Manaus to Maputo: toward a public health and biodiversity framework.
abstract: The linkages between human health, biodiversity, ecosystems, and the life-supporting services that they provide are varied and complex. The traditional neglect of this nexus by policy-makers perpetuates threats posed to ecosystems with potentially critical impacts on global health. The Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Health Organization recently co-convened two regional workshops on these intricate but vital linkages. From discussions held with policy-makers and experts in the biodiversity and health sectors, spanning some 50 countries in Africa and the Americas, we derive a broad framework for the development of national and regional public health and biodiversity strategies relevant to strategic planning processes in the emerging post-2015 development context.
authors.affiliation: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme, 413 St. Jacques, Suite 800, Montreal, H2Y1N9, Canada, cristina.romanelli@cbd.int.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corvalan
authors.forename: H David
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manga
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiero
authors.forename: Diarmid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Campbell-Lendrum
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D057191:Capacity Building; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D005523:Food Supply; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D057766:Policy; D011634:Public Health; D014881:Water Supply