Wildlife from Bush to City: a One Health approach workshop
Bringing together experts and stakeholders for a one-day workshop to address knowledge gaps in wildlife health responses to anthropogenic landscape change.
Cluster
Healthy Country, Healthy Communities, Healthy People
Project team
Associate Professor Jasmin Hufschmid (Lead CI, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Science); Professor Alice Hughes (Co-CI); Associate Professor Lee Berger (Co-CI); Dr Laura Brannelly (Co-CI); Dr Paola Vaz (Co-CI); Research Assistant (to be assigned)
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Project summary
This project will bring together experts and stakeholders across veterinary science, ecology, ecotoxicology, and public health for a one-day workshop to address knowledge gaps in wildlife health responses to anthropogenic landscape change.
What are we interested in?
Anthropogenic landscape change and degradation can have dramatic impacts on wildlife health through exposure to contaminants, artificial light, vehicles, predators, and disease. These changes also influence the potential for disease spillover to humans. However, there are significant gaps in our understanding of how these impacts vary across space and time, and what they tell us about broader ecosystem health.
The goals of our project
This project will study the responses of representative species to environmental change and the consequences for One Health. The workshop will gather relevant experts and stakeholders, refine research questions, and develop a collaborative grant proposal that investigates how different landscape types impact infectious disease, contaminants in wildlife, and broader ecosystem health.
Outcomes / activities
One-day in-person workshop in Melbourne with participants from diverse backgrounds; academia, government, and industry partners. This will be supported by the development of a systematic literature review exploring wildlife health in relation to anthropogenic landscape change from a One Health perspective.