Learn about the One Health & Conservation

One Health recognises that the health of people, animals, and the environment is interconnected. In conservation, this means understanding that wildlife health is influenced not only by pathogens, but also by habitat change, human behaviour, domestic animals, and environmental conditions.

Project SPHERE applies this approach by investigating zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths in macaques and shared environments at human–macaque interfaces. By combining molecular surveillance with ecological and behavioural information, the project aims to identify how parasite risks vary across urban parks and forest–plantation landscapes. This can support conservation by informing targeted, non-lethal management measures, improving human–macaque coexistence, and avoiding the assumption that wildlife alone is responsible for disease risk.