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9:00

Welcome and opening remarks:
Dr. Kitti Kitti-amphol –
Deputy Director-General, Department of Disease Control
Dr. William Karesh (Workshop Chair) –
Co-Chair Veterinary Specialist Group IUCN, Director of Field Veterinary Program, Wildlife Conservation Society

Participant Introductions

Overview of Discussion points:
What is the Conservation community trying to achieve?
What is the Public Health community trying to achieve?
What is the Livestock Health community trying to achieve?

9:50

Avian Flu and SARS: The Policy and Legal Challenges
of Zoonotic Disease.
Professor KOH Kheng-Lian,
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Director,
Asia- Pacific Centre for Environmental Law; IUCN CEL
Regional Vice Chair for South East Asia

10:10

Avian Influenza and SARS - Human and Animal health impacts, the future of control and prevention.
Dr. Scott Dowell,
Director of International Emerging Infections Program,
U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Thailand

10:30

Coffee/Tea break

10:50

Historical perspective on Foot and Mouth Disease, distribution in region, impacts on livestock, wildlife, and human livelihoods.
Dr. Ronello Abila,
Regional Coordinator FMD Disease Campaign,
Office des International Epizootics (OIE-RCU), Bangkok, Thailand

11:10

Economic analysis of impacts of Avian Influenza, SARS, FMD and other infectious disease outbreaks.
Dr. James Newcomb,
Vice-President, Bio-Economics Research Group,
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

11:30

Disease implications on wildlife
and from the wildlife trade – possible solutions
Dr. William B. Karesh,
Co-Chair, IUCN SSC Veterinary Specialist Group, Director,
Field Veterinary Program, Wildlife Conservation Society

11:50

Wildlife trade and live animal markets in Asia:
a regional perspective.
Dr. Craig Kirkpatrick,
Director TRAFFIC Southeast Asia

12:10

Linkages Among Health, Policy, and Security.
Dr. Lance L. Simpson,
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Occupational
and Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Medicine,
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA

12:30

Security in the 21st Century:
The challenge of transnational threat systems
Dr. Richard Matthew,
Associate Professor, Departments of Planning,
Policy and Design and Political Science and Director,
Center for Unconventional Security Affairs,
University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

12:50–14:00 Lunch

14:00: Next Steps
Jason Switzer (Workshop Chair), Senior Project Officer, Environment and Security, International Institute for Sustainable Development

I. Discussion points (in break-out groups):
– Identify practical ways to create linkages among disciplines and responsible agencies.
– Map disease reporting and response flow and identify points of entry/interface with conservation.
– Determine next steps for strengthening the voice of animal health and conservation biology experts in public health decision-making.
– Identify the legislation, regulation, agreements, or policies needed to fill gaps in promoting health and conservation at a global scale.
– Review the adequacy of current legal regimes, policy and legal frameworks to protect the health and security of people, livestock and wildlife.
– Assess whether the public health imperative would be a credible lever through which to mitigate international trade in wildlife.

II. Concepts and work plan outlines for follow-up initiatives
– Recommendations from Discussion group (s) above
– Plan for Asia Development Bank White Paper on Avian Influenza and SARS
– Plan for IRDC White paper on The Threat of Emerging Diseases to Human Security and Conservation, and the Implications for Public Policy
– Review of Draft recommendations for a WCC Resolution
– Presentation at WCC symposium (November 19th)

Global Synthesis Workshop. Health, Poverty, and Conservation – Responding to the challenge of human well-being stream

14:00h to 16h30, Break-out 3c, Room 3

A 2.5 hour session exploring the links between animal health, conservation and human security, and to identifying creative approaches to protecting the health of people, animals, and ecosystems.

"Monkey pox," "SARS," "Ebola" and “avian influenza” are now household words. In Asia, avian influenza has challenged food security and undermined economic growth across the region. In the face of crises like these, many untested and in some cases ill-conceived efforts to control the spread of the disease have had severe negative impacts on and implications for conservation,turning nature into a perceived threat to public health. In a world where public health is an international security concern, conservationists need to take a careful look at how people and governments react to new and emerging disease outbreaks.

1. Introduction of symposium and concept of the relationship of health, legal frameworks, and security. (5 minutes).
Dr. William B. Karesh, Co-Chair, IUCN SSC Veterinary Specialist
Group, Director, Field Veterinary Program, Wildlife Conservation Society

2. Using Avian Influenza, SARS, Ebola, and Foot and Mouth Disease as examples of diseases that cross species, disrupt livelihoods and threaten security and conservation efforts:

Disease implications on wildlife and from the wildlife trade - possible solutions (15 minutes).
Dr. William B. Karesh, Co-Chair, IUCN SSC Veterinary Specialist Group, Director, Field Veterinary Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Craig Kirkpatrick, TRAFFIC.

Avian Influenza and SARS, impacts of infectious diseases (15 minutes)
Dr. Sonja Olsen,chief of Epidemiology, International Emerging Infections Program, U.S. Centers for Disease Control

Foot and Mouth Disease – the impact on livestock, livelihoods, trade, and opportunities for conservation (15 minutes)
Dr. Carolyn Anne C. Benigno, Animal Health Officer, U.N. FAO
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Economic impacts of disease outbreaks and implications of network theory (15 minutes).
James Newcomb, Vice-President, Bio-Economics Research Group

Security and social stability impacts of diseases across species (15 minutes).
Dr. Bryan McDonald, Assistant Director, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, University of California, Irvine

Policy issues and potential policy and legal remedies (15 minutes).
Nicholas A. Robinson, Esq., Gilbert & Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Pace University School of Law; Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law

3. Concluding Remarks – A healthy future for people and nature? Directions forward. (15 minutes) Dr. Steven Sanderson, CEO and President, Wildlife Conservation Society.

4. Open forum for discussion. Endorse or modification of draft motion to WCC, guiding principles and recommendations. (30 minutes)