One Health from an Ocean Perspective: Protecting Living Beings to Protect Ourselves

The United Nations General Assembly took a decisive step in 2023 with the formal recognition of the One Health concept. Acknowledging the advances and limits of scientific understanding of ecosystems, UN bodies called for the concept to be translated into concrete policy actions, stating that “the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent.” Mindful of the growing focus on this conceptual framewo...