Cross-Sectoral Integration Resources
Collaborators with skin in the game: Learning about the use of sport to foster resilience against wildlife crime in the Greater Kruger, South Africa
This 2024 USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition winner is about the USAID Khetha Program, “Protecting Wildlife, Benefiting Communities.
From Silos to Solutions: The Value Added by Using a One Health Approach
“One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, and ecosystems.
Putting USAID's One Health Position Statement into Practice
One Health is a pragmatic approach that encourages cross-sectoral collaboration to design effective solutions to complex global challenges where the health of natural systems, humans, and animals are interdependent.
Untangling the Drivers of Land Conversion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia: A Systems Approach
This learning brief highlights findings from a systems mapping research study to investigate what drives smallholder farmers to convert natural lands to agriculture production spaces in three high biodiversity regions: Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia.
USAID at Our Ocean Conference 2024
At the April 15–17, 2024, Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece, USAID announced more than $103 million in funding to conserve and protect our oceans, subject to Congressional notification.
USAID Cambodia Morodok Baitang Fact Sheet
Morodok Baitang is a five-year activity to conserve Cambodia’s unique biodiversity, reduce land-based sources of carbon emissions, and improve accountable and equitable economic development.
Colombia Land for Prosperity - Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park: Impact & Performance Evaluation Baseline Report
This report presents the baseline findings of the Land for Prosperity - Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park project (2019–2024) evaluation.
USAID Position Statement on One Health
Recognizing the increasing number and growing complexity of global threats and the need for transdisciplinarity, USAID endorses systems thinking to advance the One Health approach throughout the Agency by adhering to the following guiding principles.
Community Perspectives in USAID Biodiversity Programs
In 2023, USAID supported participatory photography workshops in the Philippines, Peru, and Madagascar, collaborating with local partners and communities to capture their unique perspectives on biodiversity conservation and its impact on their daily lives.
One Health: A Common Facet in USAID Strategy and Policy
One Health is a pragmatic approach that helps tease apart the complexity and supports collaboration across sectors for long-term, holistic solutions.
Pathogen Spillover Driven by Rapid Changes in Bat Ecology
During recent decades, pathogens that originated in bats have become an increasing public health concern.
Improving the Ecological and Economic Performance of Agri-environment Schemes: Payment by Modelled Results Versus Payment for Actions
Researchers and policy-makers have become increasingly interested in re-designing agri-environmental policy to improve both economic efficiency and ecological effectiveness.
Opportunities and Challenges of Bio‐based Fertilizers Utilization for Improving Soil Health
Bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) have been promoted as a solution to help manage bio-waste problems and improve soil health conditions.
Importance of a One Health Approach in Advancing Global Health Security and the Sustainable Development Goals
The One Health community has faced difficulties in determining specific One Health impact indicators for formally evaluating One Health successes.
The Effectiveness of Global Protected Areas for Climate Change Mitigation
Forests play a critical role in stabilizing Earth’s climate.
Rights and Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Planetary Health
This Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) Policy Note aims to elevate the views expressed by Indigenous leaders in the 2023 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and call attention to how Planetary Health work can align with UNPFII.
Progressive Management Pathway for Terrestrial Animal Biosecurity
FAO has pioneered the progressive management pathway (PMP) approach to assist countries, industries, and producers to gradually implement improved and sustainable levels of risk management.
Mapping Potential Conflicts Between Global Agriculture and Terrestrial Conservation
Demand for food products, often from international trade, has brought agricultural land use into direct competition with biodiversity.
Coastal Urbanization Influences Human Pathogens and Microdebris Contamination in Seafood
Seafood is one of the leading imported products implicated in foodborne outbreaks worldwide.
WHO Guidance for Climate-resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities
The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable and changing climate; and to empower health care facilities to be environmentally sustainable, by optimizing the use of resources and minimizing the release of waste into the environment.