Land Use Change to Pest & Disease Emergence: INFORBIO Experience

Anthropogenic land-use change, including deforestation and forest degradation, accelerates pest spread, disease transmission, and zoonotic spillover. As human activity encroaches on natural ecosystems, barriers between wildlife, livestock, and humans are weakened. Traditional health responses remain reactive, creating a gap in monitoring environmental changes like forest clearing as early warning signals to prevent infectious disease emergence at its source. This webinar explores the INFORBIO project, integrating environmental monitoring into public health systems.

See also: https://www.fao.org/one-health/resources/events/events-detail/from-land-use-change-to-pest-and-disease-emergence--unpacking-the-inforbio-experience/en