ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC
520 EIGHT AVENUE 1201, NEW YORK, NY 10018 www.ecohealthalliance.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INTEGRATES INNOVATIVE SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCREASE CAPACITY TO ACHIEVE TWO INTERRELATED GOALS: PROTECTING GLOBAL HEALTH BY PREVENTING THE OUTBREAK OF EMERGING DISEASES AND SAFEGUARDING ECOSYSTEMS BY PROMOTING CONSERVATION.

PROTECTING GLOBAL HEALTH BY PREVENTING THE OUTBREAK OF EMERGING DISEASES AND SAFEGUARDING ECOSYSTEMS BY PROMOTING CONSERVATION.

PREDICT EMERGING PANDEMIC THREAT PROGRAM - ASSESSES CAPACITY AND DEVELOPS PLANS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDLIFE SURVEILLANCE SUPPORT. THEY DEVELOP MODELS OF DISEASE RISK AND SPREAD, IMPLEMENT A SMART(STRATEGIC, MEASURABLE, ADAPTIVE, RESPONSIVE, AND TARGETED) WILDLIFE SURVEILLANCE STRATEGY TO IDENTIFY AND TARGET HIGH-RISK WILDLIFE IN THE REGION'S MOST VULNERABLE TO ZOONOTIC DISEASE EMERGENCE.

DESPITE THE STRONG INTER-DEPENDENCIES OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ARE TYPICALLY NOT ADEQUATELY CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, OR CONSERVATION POLICIES. AS A RESULT, THESE INITIATIVES ARE MISSING THE CRITICAL PIECE OF THE HEALTH AND BIODIVERSITY PUZZLE. POLICY OFTEN ENDS UP LACKING IN SCIENCE-DRIVEN GUIDANCE, AND RESPONSES ARE REACTIVE RATHER THAN PROACTIVE IN PREDICTING AND PREVENTING HEALTH AND CONSERVATION THREATS. ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE HAS A CORE FOCUS OF TRANSLATING ITS STRONG ECOSYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE INTO ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FOR HEALTH POLICY MAKERS. FOR EXAMPLE, ON A LOCAL LEVEL, ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE PRESENTED ON THE SCALE AND IMPACTS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE IN NEW YORK TO THE STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASSOCIATION TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG PROSECUTORS. ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE PROVIDED SCIENTIFIC GUIDANCE THROUGH INVITED BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESSIONAL AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ON PANDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT GIVEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GROWING FOCUS ON GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AND CONCERNS OVER THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE.

DEFORESTATION IS THE PERMANENT DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR OTHER USES SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL AND FARM EXPANSION, URBAN PLANNING AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES. AN ESTIMATED 18 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF PANAMA, ARE LOST EACH YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). THOUSANDS OF WILDLIFE SPECIES RELY ON THE DELICATE ECOSYSTEMS CREATED BY THE RICHLY BIO-DIVERSE FOREST ENVIRONMENTS. DEFORESTATION AND HUMAN ENCROACHMENT DISPLACES THESE SPECIES AND FORCES HEIGHTENED INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS INDICATING A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION AS WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE TOLL OF NIPAH VIRUS, AVIAN INFLUENZA AND SARS. PROJECT DEEP FOREST SEEKS TO IDENTIFY HOW AND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. IN THE PAST YEAR, OUR SCIENTISTS HAVE BEGUN SAMPLING SPECIES FOR PATHOGENS IN EACH COUNTRY ALONG A DEFORESTATION GRADIENT, I.E., LOOKING AT AREAS WITH NO DEFORESTATION, SOME DEFORESTATION, AND AREAS WHERE ONCE PRISTINE FORESTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED. IN EACH REGION, ECOHEALTH SCIENTISTS ARE INVESTIGATING THE NUMBER OF VIRUSES PRESENT IN DIFFERENT WILDLIFE GROUPS. PROJECT DEEP FOREST ALLOWS THE ORGANIZATION TO CREATE OUTREACH VIA LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CORPORATE STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL LANDS AND DIMINISH THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF LAND-USE CHANGE.

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