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5.4 Biodiversity, the Environment, Animal Welfare and
Human Well-being in Practice
This is a complex section addressing global topics. How to implement dif-
ferent One Welfare projects or to put in place policies relevant to this section
will very much depend on the local area concerned, as well as the specific
area of intervention. This relates to the fact that changes in biodiversity and
well-being are not evenly distributed among individuals, countries or social
groups (MA Board, 2005).
The summary below attempts to capture, in very general terms, the basic
requirements that may apply to most situations. Those undertaking inter-
ventions in this area may, however, identify alternative strategies that help
in their specific projects. It might be that prior research work is necessary
to identify systematic evaluation tools or indicators that can help to under-
take implementation in a consistent way across the world. One example of
a systematic evaluation framework tool is the OIE tool for the evaluation of
performance of veterinary services (OIE, 2013), which helps assess animal
welfare alongside other factors.
The basic requirements may include:
- Aims and objectives of the intervention or programme.
- Identification of all relevant processes and relationships between them
in a comprehensive and systematic manner.
- Data and information gathering to document the direct and indirect im-
pacts and trade-offs that need to be considered and addressed.
- Data and information gathering of documented potential interventions
and solutions.
- Identification of objective measures that can be monitored to enable
assessment of progress.
- Consideration of the minimum capacity needed to achieve an objective
that would enable both sustainability and prioritization. Where ad-
vanced capacity is unlikely to be developed in the short and medium
term, consider available alternatives and what intermediate steps can be
taken to build on what exists (STDF, 2016).
- Stakeholder platform including all interested sectors, such as animal