One Health, Fish Edition: Biodiversity, Health and Nutrition through an Aquatic Lens
Through programs around the globe, the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health strives to sustain a healthier world by developing and implementing proactive, science-based solutions to challenges at the interface of wildlife health, domestic animal health, human health and livelihoods, and the environment that supports us all.
The Fiorella Research Group, with projects spanning East Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, aims to safeguard the health of aquatic ecosystems and promote the sustainable development of capture fisheries and aquaculture. The expansion of aquatic food systems is pivotal for reducing global malnutrition and achieving economic development. This growth, however, must be balanced with formidable challenges in protecting biodiversity, ensuring food safety, and maintaining fish health.
Join Katie Fiorella, Sebastian Heilpern, and Eric Teplitz as they use case studies from rapidly emerging aquatic food sectors in Cambodia, the Amazon, and Kenya to underscore the critical importance of aquatic environments and biodiversity to our own health. They will also highlight the One Health approaches required to address these challenges in aquatic systems.
Art credit: Jaime Choclote, WCS
