One Health: Linking water for humans and nature through water quality at a basin scale: new approaches and new technologies

Date: 21 May 2024

Time: 2:50 - 4:20PM

Location: Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre, Bali Indonesia

Coordinators: Turkish Water Institute (SUEN), European Commission - Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC), French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) - with UNEP providing the opening keynote speech. 

Event Overview:

The water challenges faced by mankind are also felt by Nature: fluctuations in water quality and quantity due to climate change, the spread of diseases, and pollution of all kinds. These are all issues that should be dealt with at the basin level, in an integrated manner, with the help of the OneHealth approach which bridges the gap between the health of the planet, the health of ecosystems, and human public health. This session will examine the synergies in water quality issues, including wastewater, for the health of Nature and the health of Humans.

Panelists include:

Ebubekir Gizligider, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Türkiye

Heidi Savelli Soderberg, Head of the Source to Sea Pollution Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Andrea Rubini, Director of Operations, Water Europe

Prigi Arisandi, Executive Director, Ecoton, Indonesia

Jerome Lock-Wah-Hoon, Scientist at The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM)

Vanshika Singh, Hyderabad Urban Labs, India

Christine Nabiryo, Africa Regional Director, PATH, Uganda

Ana Burgos, Deputy Director, European Commission, HERA

Olivier Thibault, General Director, French Biodiversity Agency (OFB)

More Information:

• UNEP's work on ocean, seas, and coasts
• UNEP's work on wastewater
• Global Wastewater Initiative
• Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter
• Global Partnership on Nutrient Management