Advancing interdisciplinary, data-driven research at the biodiversity- health interface under a One Health approach

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Expected Outcome: Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: public authorities, researchers and policymakers have access to robust knowledge foundations and analytical frameworks that enable inter- and transdisciplinary biodiversity-related research and collaboration, address interdependencies and strengthen the operationalisation of the One Health and Planetary Health approaches; researchers, public authorities and global organisations have access to Findable Accessible Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data[1] supported by enhanced digital infrastructures. These data will build on improved identification, mobilisation and interoperability of existing data across thematic areas relevant to ecosystem and wildlife health, the main drivers of biodiversity loss and their impacts on human and animal health; researchers, affected communities, food producers, data scientists, public authorities, healthcare professionals and animal health professionals, policymakers, risk assessors civil society organisations, private sector actors, societal partners and other stakeholders can assess the health benefits and risk prevention associated with maintaining, improving and restoring ecosystem health. These stakeholders will also be supported in applying evidence-based and tested recommendations, tools and solutions to effectively mainstream biodiversity in the operationalisation of One Health and Planetary Health approaches through biodiversity conservation and restoration actions and multi-host disease prevention. Scope: A holistic life and environmental sciences approach that protects ecosystem, human and animal health must account for interdependencies between biodiversity and health domains. Inter- and transdisciplinary research supporting holistic approaches such as One Health and Planetary Health faces persistent barriers related to data quality, fragmentation, accessibility and interoperability, which should be addressed according to the FAIR principles. This topic is expected to support the objectives of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030[2], the implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation[3], the European Data Union Strategy[4], the Strategy for European Life Sciences[5], the EU Global Health Strategy[6], the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework[7], the EU One Health Approach and the global One Health agenda. Proposals under this topic should focus on the development of use cases that will tackle the main barriers to the operationalisation of interdisciplinary research and research results at the interface of wildlife and ecosystem health, husbandry, animal, plant and human health. Proposals should cover all the following aspects (use cases, data sharing and interoperability, proof of concept) and most of the interconnected activities: Develop thematic use cases: Develop thematic use cases (minimum six) to test and address critical challenges for biodiversity-focused inter- and transdisciplinary…