directly on local ecosystem goods and services, and trends in the nutritional contribution of biodiversity and food composition. This contributes also to implementing in spirit Articles 8 (j) and 10 (c) of the CBD, the Nagoya Protocol on ABS and the objectives of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Other major processes that have an interest in such a linked approach include the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Examples of Local Community Engagement and Actions The nexus between biodiversity and health is highly multisectoral. While there are several areas where a combination of sectors may be deployed, this article focuses on a few areas and highlight some impactful initiatives that are enabling co-achievement of health, biodiversity and sustainable development goals and which, importantly, can potentially be replicated elsewhere. These initiatives also highlight strategies for multistakeholder partnerships and new forms of international cooperation and financing. At the same time, they also address certain important issues of equity and inclusivity of marginalized and vulnerable groups towards access to resources and healthcare as well as rights to their knowledge and health practices. Traditional medicine, health and livelihoods: The relevance of biodiversity to modern health care is understood better due to the high visibility of innovative compounds and novel drugs that have been developed based on plants and other natural resources. At the same time, the significance of ecosystem specific plants and other resources and related indigenous and local traditional knowledge towards the health and nutritional security health, and planetary health that have also looked at this link between natural systems and health in a comprehensive and integrated manner. These are multidisciplinary and multisectoral processes and can help us to better analyse and evaluate the interactions between different variables to better develop more coordinated, coherent and integrated science-policy-practice interfaces. In 2015, “ S a f e g u a r d i n g human h e a l t h i n t h e Anthropocene epoch” was published by the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health. The report highlights the inseparable link between human life and natural systems and the challenges relating to high degradation of natural systems and the attendant challenges of governance and organization of knowledge. Apart from these there is a swiftly growing body of academic literature on one Health, eco-social health and other innovative approaches. Developments in the Context of Biodiversity Policy Processes Strengthening linkages explicitly between biodiversity conservation and health goals have gained increasing emphasis since the COP-10 of the CBD (Decision X/20). COP-12 of the CBD calls for specific action on biodiversity and health urging related sectors and agencies to work in a more coherent matter (Decision XII/21). The different dimensions related to biodiversity and health objectives are captured across various goals and targets of the Aichi Targets of the New Strategic Plan of the CBD (Targets 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14 and 18); and further strengthened by subsequent decisions of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA). Associated indicators relevant to biodiversity and health include trends in benefits that humans derive from selected ecosystem services, trends in health and well-being of communities that depend Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 83 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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