Wildlife

This document provides broad guidance on surveillance of infectious and non-infectious wildlife diseases, pathogens and toxic agents to assist in the implementation of a national surveillance programme for free-ranging wildlife.

Les aires protégées et conservées (APC) sont concernées de diverses façons par les risques et impacts des maladies, comme en témoignent de récentes épidémies et la pandémie mondiale de COVID-19. Leur rôle potentiel dans la prévention, la détection, la réponse et le rétablissement face aux maladies est important, à la fois pour réduire les risques de propagation et pour se préparer efficacement aux crises sanitaires.

Las áreas protegidas y conservadas (APC) se ven afectadas por riesgos e impactos de enfermedades de formas muy diversas, como demuestran las recientes epidemias y la pandemia mundial de COVID-19. Su papel potencial en la prevención, detección, respuesta y recuperación de enfermedades es significativo, tanto para reducir los riesgos de propagación como para prepararse eficazmente ante los brotes de enfermedades.

Protected and conserved areas (PCAs) are affected by disease risks and impacts in wide-ranging ways, as demonstrated by recent epidemics and the global COVID-19  pandemic. Their potential role in disease prevention, detection, response, and recovery is significant, both to reduce spillover risks and to effectively prepare for disease events.

Given the vital role of power lines for social development, the rapid spread of such infrastructure worldwide and the fact that power lines can be one of the main causes of direct mortality for several species of birds and other wildlife, including mammals, it is essential to have suitable tools to ensure that these lines are built and maintained in accordance with environmentally friendly principles, and that priority is given to avoiding and reducing negative impact

This situation analysis presents a thorough, evidence-based examination of the relationship between wildlife and zoonosis, wildlife and emerging human pathogens and associated diseases, their origins, drivers, and risk factors. There is considerable divergence of opinion around the subject both within and outside the biodiversity conservation community and given the ontological challenges and highly different perspectives, contradictory narrative is unsurprising.