WCC 2020 Res 135 - Activity Report

A project was sent to the NSF-Fapesp Biodiversity in a Changin Planet call, with the goals of understanding spillover risk in areas with both forest loss and forest gain.This project will increase the knowledge about how the loss and gain of forests in tropical areas affects the health of the environment and animals, and consequently the risk of epidemics and pandemics.
the grant was awarded in October 2022 and the project starts in January 2023.

During 2022 a climate action plan was created for the state of São Paulo, within the Biota Sintese project, funded by Fapesp. This plan aimed to create public policies within the state of São Paulo to mitigate climate action, and among the proposed activities is the restoration of forests. One of the engagement activities was to try to implement the OneHealth aspect within the restoration activity. The state of São Paulo has a goal to restore 1.5 million hectares of forest by 2050, but depending on how this is done, it can have negative results for zoonosis risk. A report was then developed with the objective of implementing the OneHealth aspect within these activities, showing how restoration should be performed in order to bring positive benefits to human health.