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Strong regional commitment to One Health approach in Central Asia Five Central Asian countries— Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—have jointly confirmed their interest in mitigating the risk of zoonosis emergence in the region by enhancing overall landscape resilience through the One Health approach. Natural processes that regulate disease occurrence and transmission are affected by climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation, and increased contact between people, wildlife and domesticated species. With the support of IUCN and international partners, national authorities and experts are ready to take steps towards improving the effective governance and management of protected areas, and apply the One Health approach together with the IUCN Green List Standard and the latest knowledge on zoonoses. The efforts should result in conservation outcomes beneficial to people, especially local communities and vulnerable groups. Source: IUCN () iucn.org/news// strong-regional-commitment-one-healthapproach-central-asia