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“Health in” and “Health of” Social-Ecological Systems: A Practical Framework for the Management of Healthy and Resilient Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems

De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel; Binot, Aurélie; Ward, John; Caron, Alexandre; Perrotton, Arthur; Ross, Helen; Tran Quoc, Hoa; Valls-Fox, Hugo; Gordon, Iain J.; Promburom, Panomsak; Ancog, Rico; Anthony Kock, Richard; Morand, Serge; Chevalier, Véronique; Allen, Will; Phimpraphai, Waraphon; Duboz, Raphaël; Echaubard, Pierre

Authors

Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky

Aurélie Binot

John Ward

Alexandre Caron

Arthur Perrotton

Helen Ross

Hoa Tran Quoc

Hugo Valls-Fox

Iain J. Gordon

Panomsak Promburom

Rico Ancog

Richard Anthony Kock

Serge Morand

Véronique Chevalier

Will Allen

Waraphon Phimpraphai

Raphaël Duboz

Pierre Echaubard



Abstract

The past two decades have seen an accumulation of theoretical and empirical evidence for the interlinkages between human health and well-being, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the devastating impacts that an emerging pathogen, of animal origin, can have on human societies and
economies. A number of scholars have called for the wider adoption of “One Health integrated approaches” to better prevent, and respond to, the threats of emerging zoonotic diseases. However, there are theoretical and practical challenges that have precluded the full development and practical implementation of this approach. Whilst integrated approaches to health are increasingly adopting a social-ecological system framework (SES), the lack of clarity in framing the key concept of resilience in health contexts remains a major barrier to its implementation by scientists and practitioners.
We propose an operational framework, based on a transdisciplinary definition of Socio-Ecological System Health (SESH) that explicitly links health and ecosystem management with the resilience of SES, and the adaptive capacity of the actors and Social-Ecological System Health agents within SES, to prevent and cope with emerging health and environmental risks.
We focus on agricultural transitions that play a critical role in disease emergence and biodiversity conservation, to illustrate the proposed participatory framework to frame and co-design SESH interventions. Finally, we highlight critical changes that are needed from researchers, policy makers and donors, in order to engage communities and other stakeholders involved in the management of their own health and that of the underpinning ecosystems.

Citation

De Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Binot, A., Ward, J., Caron, A., Perrotton, A., Ross, H., …Echaubard, P. (2021). “Health in” and “Health of” Social-Ecological Systems: A Practical Framework for the Management of Healthy and Resilient Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.616328

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 2, 2020
Online Publication Date Jan 28, 2021
Publication Date Jan 28, 2021
Deposit Date Mar 25, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 25, 2021
Journal Frontiers in Public Health
Publisher Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.616328
Public URL https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1547737

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