Imagine trying to fix a broken forest to help the planet, but accidentally creating a perfect breeding ground for viruses that jump from animals to humans. This work figures out how to rebuild nature without accidentally inviting the next pandemic. It's like redesigning a garden to attract butterflies but keep the mosquitoes away.
Current nature restoration efforts may accidentally increase the risk of pandemics by creating 'shared spaces' that bring humans, livestock, and disease-carrying wildlife into closer contact.
An integrative knowledge exchange platform hosted by the Open Science Framework for gathering and exchanging data on restoration and disease risk.
If you are a land restoration consultancy dealing with the EU Nature Restoration Law — this project developed guidelines on how to design restored areas that do not increase zoonotic spill-over risk. This ensures your clients meet green goals without creating new public health liabilities.
If you are a risk insurer dealing with unpredictable pandemic-related losses — this project developed a way to analyze how shared spaces between livestock and wildlife influence disease risk. This helps in pricing premiums for land-use projects in tropical and temperate regions.
If you are a health agency dealing with emerging infectious diseases — this project developed an integrative knowledge exchange platform to identify which species act as competent hosts. This allows for better targeting of surveillance in restored landscapes.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or implementation costs are provided.
The project examines restoration in both tropical and temperate regions and aligns with the UN goal to recover 350 million hectares of land, suggesting a focus on large-scale application.
Based on available project data, specific IP or licensing terms are not mentioned, though a joint deliverable is hosted on the Open Science Framework.
The project runs from 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31.
The project is designed to support the European Union's Nature Restoration Law as part of the European Green Deal.
The consortium is heavily academic, with 10 universities and 2 research institutes leading the 17 partners. However, there is a 12% industry presence including 4 SMEs, indicating a bridge between theoretical zoonotic research and practical land-management application across 11 countries.
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