Interview and blog post adaptation by Thomas Stollenwerk (BIO-CAPITAL). Originally published on Bio-capital.eu
The RESTOREID project aims to understand the links between biodiversity, restoration, and disease spillover. Lucinda Kirkpatrick is the coordinator of the EU-funded initiative and a Lecturer at the University of Bangor. She met with Thomas Stollenwerk (Oikoplus) online and gave him a fascinating insight into the project work.
by Cato Vangenechten
In May and June 2024, a team from the University of Antwerp, together with local partners from the University of Kisangani and the Centre du Surveillance de la Biodiversité, embarked on a fieldwork mission to the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve as part of the RESTOREID project. Our goal? To investigate how healthier environments, shaped through landscape restoration, can help mitigate the risk of zoonotic diseases.
Discover how our partners at Médecins du Monde Belgique integrate the One Health approach through its innovative projects, including RESTOREID, to connect human, animal, and environmental health and contribute to a more sustainable future.
By Baraka Edson, PhD student.
Scientists at the University of Stirling have developed a video game which will broaden understanding of the benefits of environmental restoration and the risks of pandemics.
Players can assume the role of an agriculturalist or an arborist (a specialist in the care and maintenance of trees) and cultivate land according to their priorities.
A journey to Yangambi takes you deep into the heart of the Congo, where a mosaic of history and nature unfolds. This is no ordinary visit—researchers from the Kisangani Center for Biodiversity Conservation, Médecins du Monde Belgium, and the Institute of Research for Development recently embarked on a mission to engage with the local community and set the stage for research under the RESTOREID project.
Last Sunday, 13th of October, we celebrated the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, a commemoration dedicated to encouraging action towards creating more disaster-resilient communities. At RESTOREID, our goal is to explore the connections between nature restoration, biodiversity, and disease prevention. But what relevance does this have to disaster risk reduction?
By Olivia Dimov and Jan Gogarten (Helmholtz Institute for One Health).
In June, Olivia Dimov (Helmholtz Institute for One Health), the PhD student who will be heading RESTOREID’s data collection efforts in Uganda, joined Jan Gogarten (Helmholtz Institute for One Health), Colin Chapman (Vancouver Island University), and Patrick Omeja (Makerere University) in Uganda. We set out to kick-start RESTOREID’s efforts and had the privilege of drawing on a lot of expertise and experience on restoration in Uganda. Colin has been working in Kibale National Park for more than three decades, and Jan and Patrick are his former PhD students who now have a combined three decades of experience working in and around the park as well.
Press release – Antwerp – 12 March 2024