One Welfare – we are all connected
Thursday June 10th, 13.00- 16.30.
Webinar by Zoom
Moderator: Lotta Berg
Section 1 13.00-13.30 Introduction
Welcome and introduction. Lotta Berg, Prof. and Director at SLU Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare
An introduction to One Welfare and the One Welfare Framework. Rebeca García Pinillos, PhD, Specialist in animal welfare science, ethics and law, ECAWBM & RCVS. Initiator to the One Welfare concept.
Short break 13.30-13.35
Section 2 13.35-14.00 Livestock health and welfare, sustainability and human wellbeing
Farmer welfare and animal welfare Bjørn Gunnar Hansen, dairy researcher
Problems of sheep transport in hot and cold climates, contextualizing this with impacts on human wellbeing Francesca Carnovale, PhD student, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Short break 14.00-14.05
Section 3 14.00 – 14.30 Animal health and welfare equals livelihood in low income countries: livestock and working animals
Livestock and Livelihoods in Africa: Maximising Animal Welfare and Human Wellbeing Stephen Devereux, researcher from the UK Institute of Development Studies
Working equines Welfare, human welbeing and organic cocoa production in Nicaragua Fredred Valdivia, Msc in Rural Development, Regional Director, for Latin America & Caribbean, Brooke
Break 14.30-14.45
Section 4 14.45-15.30 Biodiversity, environment, wildlife trade, animal welfare and human well-being
One Welfare and Planetary Health as outcomes of effective natural resource governance Päivi Abernethy, PhD, Senior scientist, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Wildlife health in a One Welfare context Aleksija Neimanis, PhD, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden
Wildlife trade and crime Ragnhild Sollund, Prof. University of Oslo
Short break 15.30-15.35
Section 5 15.35-16.20 Vulnerable people and vulnerable animals
Animal Assisted Interventions and the impact on elderly peoples’ health and quality of life Ingeborg Pedersen, Assoc. prof. Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Animal Assisted Interventions – effects on animal welfare Lena Lidfors, Prof. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
The link between animal and human neglect and abuse Dr. Freda Scott Park
16.20-16.30 Closure of the meeting Lotta Berg
