Abstract
ABSTRACTCapsule: Raptor research and monitoring informs issues of relevance to human health, including environmental contamination, emerging infectious diseases and environmental change.Aims: The paper examines the relevance of raptor research and monitoring to inform issues of relevance to human health, including environmental contamination, emerging vector-borne diseases and environmental change.Methods: Reviews of European Union policy context and role of raptor research and monitoring in detection of and response to contaminants. Examples include lead ammunition in White-tailed Sea Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla in Europe, and impacts of diclofenac on Gyps vultures in the Indian subcontinent. Comments on the relevance of raptor research and monitoring to emerging infectious diseases and environmental change, and considers the links between raptors and humans.Results: Biomonitoring of contaminants in raptors can perform useful purposes in relation to chemicals legislation. Raptors are useful sentinels of exposure to and effects of chemicals in the environment. Raptor research and monitoring can also elucidate environmental change and spread of emerging infectious diseases. Raptors are linked to humans through social, cultural and economic values.Conclusion: Raptors can be used to provide information relevant to human health and well-being. There are a number of challenges and opportunities in relating raptor research and monitoring to human health. Several areas with potential for development are outlined. The COST Action ‘European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility’ and the forthcoming LIFE APEX project will take forward relevant work.
Highlights
Capsule: Raptor research and monitoring informs issues of relevance to human health, including environmental contamination, emerging infectious diseases and environmental change
This paper examines the relevance of raptor research and monitoring to this One Health approach, and how it may usefully inform human health issues, building on a workshop session convened at the EURAPMON Final Conference in Murcia, Spain in 2015 (Vrezec & Bertoncelj 2015)
The second relates to the impacts on Gyps vultures of the veterinary use of diclofenac in the Indian subcontinent and the repercussions of vulture declines for human health
Summary
Capsule: Raptor research and monitoring informs issues of relevance to human health, including environmental contamination, emerging infectious diseases and environmental change. Aims: The paper examines the relevance of raptor research and monitoring to inform issues of relevance to human health, including environmental contamination, emerging vector-borne diseases and environmental change. Comments on the relevance of raptor research and monitoring to emerging infectious diseases and environmental change, and considers the links between raptors and humans. Following a brief overview of the European Union (EU) policy context, the paper reviews links between raptor research and monitoring and human health and well-being, including in relation to the detection and monitoring of contaminants, emerging infectious diseases and environmental change. S97 and includes the programme on emerging and vector-borne diseases and policy on environmental change
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