Resources to support the implementation of the Global Action Plan

Biodiversity and Health // Resources to support the implementation of the GAP

Below is a non-exhaustive indicative list of tools and resources related to biodiversity and health interlinkages, which can support the implementation of the Global Action Plan on biodiversity and health. It is worth noting that some of these resources can be relevant for more than one of the categories under which they are placed.

Governance and policy

Accelerating Sustainable Ocean Policy: The Dynamics of Multiple Stakeholder Priorities and Actions for Oceans and Human Health
Advancing Integrated Governance for Health Through National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
CBD Guidance on Integrating Biodiversity Considerations into One Health Approaches
CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - International Institute for Sustainable Development Operationalizing the Environment-Health Nexus in Asia and the Pacific
IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPBES Methodological Assessment Regarding the Diverse Conceptualization of Multiple Values of Nature and its Benefits, Including Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions and Services
IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Nature's Contributions to People in Europe and Central Asia: Insights from IPBES to inform the CBD Post-2020 Agenda
PAHO Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030
PAHO The Essential Environmental Public Health Functions. A framework to Implement the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021-2030
PAHO The Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018-2030
Securing Biodiversity, Securing our Future: A National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-being for India
UNEP-WCMC Building a Multidimensional Biodiversity Index: a Scorecard for Biodiversity Health
UNDP Planetary Pressures-adjusted Human Development Index
WHO Health Impact Assessment Tools and Methods
WHO Supporting the Routine Use of Evidence During the Policy-making Process: a WHO Checklist
WHO Regional Office for Europe The Integration of Health into Environmental Assessments: with a Special Focus on Strategic Environmental Assessments
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Multisectoral Collaboration at the Human-Animal-Environmental Interface
WHO Report of the Director General: Health, Environment and Climate Change: Human Health and Biodiversity
WHO-IUCN Report Designing Nature-based Solutions for Human Health
Quadripartite for One Health’s Joint Plan of Action (‎2022‒2026)‎: Working Together for the Health of Humans, Animals, Plants and the Environment
Quadripartite The Guide to Implementing the One Health Joint Plan of Action at National Level
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the Context of Human and Animal Health, and Food Safety: Questions and Answers

Governance and policy

Equity and environmental justice

Indigenous peoples and local communities

Children, adolescents and youth

Healthcare, health systems and public health

Pathogens

Ecosystems

Pollution

Climate change

Food

Urban areas

Access and benefit-sharing

Biosafety of biotechnology

Business, finance, economics and development

Education, communication, and engagement of people