With the incoming implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation, EU Member States are facing many challenges in the establishment of national strategies and action plans on nature restoration. In this context, the BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub, a group of experts supporting Nature Restoration Regulation, published four policy briefs providing recommendations for successful restoration operations at national level, part of the Nature Restoration Regulation Policy Briefs series.
In this webinar, Lucinda Kirkpatrick (Bangor University) and Nils Bunnefeld (University of Stirling), both BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub experts, introduce the Policy Brief “Reducing zoonotic risk through nature restoration“.
The brief explores how nature restoration is a proactive public health strategy. Over 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and land-use change is a major driver of zoonotic spillover risk. Restoration can strengthen ecosystem resilience while mitigating existing disease risks; it is a primary tool to reshape habitats, wildlife populations, and human-wildlife interactions, moving from unstable, simplified ecosystems to resilient, self-regulating ones.
Watch the replay to learn more about:
- how habitat destruction drives zoonotic diseases;
- how to reduce zoonotic risks through nature restoration;
- nature restoration as a lever for One Health;
- practical recommendations for policymakers to design, monitor and implement restoration with health in mind, to support National Restoration Plans.
More about nature restoration
This webinar is part of a Biodiversa+ series presenting the Enabling Conditions for Successful Restoration, a set of Policy Briefs to support Member States and policymakers in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation.
Watch the other webinars, focussing on Biosecure nursery production, Native seed supply and Public-Private partnerships.
