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One  Health: Demonstrably,  the  Natural  Livestock  Farming  (NLF)(4)  network  co-ordinated  from  the  Netherlands  has  embarked  on  a  multi- country  partnership  in  the  field  of  One  Health  using  Ethno-veterinary  care  of  livestock  as  an  entry  point  to  reduce  antibiotic  use  and  resistance  while  looking  at  other  dimensions  such  as  local  breeds,  integration  of  traditional  medicine,  animal  management  and  so  on.  There  are  several  such  examples  of  one  health  approach. While  the  rise  in  non-communicable  diseases  has  begun  to  trigger  greater  uptake  and  new  recommendations  in  this  area–much  more  is  needed.  To  get  there  we  not  only  have to  address  the  common  drivers  already  described  but  also  consider  governance  and  institutional  challenges  in  conservation  and  sustainable  use. Landscapes,  health  and  healing: There  is  increasing  evidence  suggesting natural/therapeutic/sacred  landscapes  can  contribute  to  our  mental  and  spiritual  needs.  Initiatives  such  as  the  IUCN  commission  on  Cultural  and  Spiritual  Values  of  Protected  Areas(5)  and  specifically  case  studies  from  countries  like  Guatemala,  by  community  based  organizations  are  well  documented  examples  of local  and  global  efforts  in  this  area.  The World Parks  Congress  in  2014  has  this  as  an  important  agenda  and  had  specific  recommendations  to  strengthen  this  theme.  Health  education,  biodiversity  and  traditional  knowledge: A  proact ive  approach  to  rai s ing  awareness  of  health  and  measures  requires  the  buy-in  of  most,  if  not  all,  relevant  actors.  In  this  context,  work  on  health,  as  well  as  sustainable  development  education  by  the  Regional  Centres  of  Expertise  of  the  United  Nations  University  (which  is  a  network  of  local  networks  in  156  locations)  demonstrates  the  power  of  decentralized  multistakeholder  planning  and  action.  Conclusion We  already  know  what  is  wrong  with  the  socio-ecological  systems  that  are  affecting  our  health  and  well-being.  This  bring  us  back  to  the WHO  definition  of  health  which  refers  to,  “a  complete  state  of  physical  and  mental  well-being”  and  reinforces  the  need  for  more  holistic  approaches.  We  have  attempted  here  to highlight  some  reflections  on  “being  healthy”  that  goes  beyond  traditional  notions  of  access  to  health.  Though  there  is  much  written  about  environmental  and  social  determinants  of  health  including  biodiversity  and  ecosystems,  yet  this  is  still  a  slowly  emerging  area  in  the  health  policy  community.  Consequently,  these  links  also  not  explicitly  reflected  in  the  health- related  SDG  goals. Actions  to  achieve  the  broader mandate of  good  health  and  well-being  requires  us  to  connect  sectoral  implementation  plans  and  strategically  consider  how  to make  best  use  of  available  resources–natural,  human  and  financial.  This  requires  us  to  understand  interdependencies  of  natural  ecosystems  and  health,  and  to  adopt  a  systemic  approach  to  jointly  address  issues  and  thereby  allow  us  to  leverage  on  the  strengths  and  synergize  efforts  to  achieve  concurrent  benefits.  Such  approaches  and  practices  are  not  entirely  new  to  related  communities  of  practice  and  there  is  growing  evidence  that  several  initiatives  have  moved  beyond  pilot  phases  and  are  being  adopted  by  different  stakeholder  groups. For  further  strengthening  these  initiatives  there  is  a  need  for  strategically  focusing  on  appropriate  efforts  in  the  realms  of  research,  awareness  raising,  capacity  building,  science- 86 Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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