News - MOSAIC

2 weeks ago

📄 The The Amazon We Want recently published a policy brief 'Health in the Amazon: Environmental, Social and Economic Challenges', highlighting that "the region faces a four-fold burden of accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystem pollution and deforestation, and intensive and extensive use of pesticides which have a large negative impact on the health of Amazonian people." 🔥 "For example, the extreme droughts of 2023 and 2024 have led to an increase in wildfires, releasing pollutants causing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases." 🔎 "These negative effects are exacerbated by the fact that the region is characterized by socioeconomic inequalities, lack of access to basic amenities, violence, and difficulties in implementing public policies" 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 "Indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable due to their reliance on forest resources and high exposure to the extreme weather events, immunity issues, multidimensional poverty, and low education levels."A particularly inspiring policy brief for the MOSAIC project. Thank you to Science Panel for the Amazon for that work !To find out more and read the Key Messages and Recommendations, click here: www.theamazonwewant.org/spa_publication/pb-health/ … Voir plusVoir moins

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Mosaic european project – IRD

2 weeks ago

📽️ Watch our video about our first fieldwork mission to Amboseli, on the border between Kenya and Tanzania.During this mission, we were able to exhange with the Maasai community who have been working with the African Conservation Center on conservation for years. We were able to introduce them to the MOSAIC project and concepts such as ‘One Health’ and ‘Open Science’. It was clear that they already have a deep understanding of the mechanisms linking pasture health, livestock and human well-being. The health and well-being of the Maasai population is univocally conditioned to the good condition of the livestock."During the meeting, the Maasai expressed growing concern over the disappearance of grass species with high nutritional value and medicinal plants. They are seeking explanations for these changes, hoping that the open science research from the MOSAIC project will address their concerns and provide solutions beyond the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation." Victor N. Mose. #OneHealthInstitut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)African Conservation CentreFundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)Interdyscyplinarne Centrum Modelowania Matematycznego i Komputerowego (ICM)Universidade de Lisboa Université de Perpignan Via Domitia – UPVDAix-Marseille UniversitéINRAECirad – La recherche agronomique pour le développementUniversité d'ArtoisInstitut Pasteur … Voir plusVoir moins

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Mosaic european project – IRD

4 weeks ago

#recruitmentGood news! The Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) has recruited a new post-doc for the project. sara MOBSITE, PhD will be working mainly on WP3 with Joris Guérin. "Hi, my name is Sara Mobsite. I am a new postdoctoral researcher for the MOSAIC project at IRD. I recently completed my Ph.D. in Computer Vision at the International University of Rabat, Morocco. My work on this project will focus on developing deep learning models to predict and detect environmental and health challenges impacting the regions of East Africa and the Amazon."Welcome to the team Sara ! … Voir plusVoir moins

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Mosaic european project – IRD

1 month ago

The MOSAIC team has just completed its first field mission in Brazil, to the two Amazon study sites (on the border between Peru, Colombia and Brazil, and on the border between French Guiana and Brazil).The mission provided an opportunity to meet the project's key stakeholders and gain a better understanding of the current issues and needs of local populations. The Amazon is currently experiencing a period of historic drought, which has led to fires and made some villages inaccessible by river. This can have considerable impacts on ecosystems, wildlife and the health and well-being of local populations.The team, which has come back even stronger from this experience, now has concrete solutions to cooperate with local communities, in order to identify their needs and co-construct concrete solutions.Special thanks to our partners @PICTIS Plataforma InternaciFundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)cruz)Sede Amazonia – Universidad Nacional de Colombiaombia for organising the mission and receiving us in Leticia anUnifap-Oficialicial for receiving us in Oiapoque !#planetaryhealth#onehealth#participatoryreseaAfrican Conservation CentreeInstitut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)(Interdyscyplinarne Centrum Modelowania Matematycznego i Komputerowego (ICM)(Universidade de LisboaiUniversité d’Artois0Institut Pasteurut Pasteur (Guyane)Centre hospitalier dSede Amazonia – Universidad Nacional de Colombiae ColombiaUniversidade de Brasília (UnB) … Voir plusVoir moins

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Mosaic european project – IRD

2 months ago

📰 [Fieldwork mission report, East Africa, meeting with local stakeholders and the Maasai community]Here is an initial report on our first field mission to Kenya in September, written by Dr. Victor N. Mose, the co-director of the African Conservation Centre : "Maasai Claim Longstanding Use of One Health Approach in Rangelands". According to Victor, "[…] it became evident that the Maasai have intuitively practiced One Health principles long before they were formalized, demonstrating their deep understanding of the links between pasture health, livestock, and human well-being". "During the meeting, the Maasai expressed growing concern over the disappearance of grass species with high nutritional value and medicinal plants. They are seeking explanations for these changes, hoping that the open science research from the MOSAIC project will address their concerns and provide solutions beyond the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation."After this first meeting, it is clear that local communities expect answers and tools from the MOSAIC project. A huge challenge for the team that is determined to meet, using participative approaches.We'll be sending you more results from this first mission soon… In the meantime, we'll see you next week for our first mission to the Amazon study sites!#onehealth#participatoryresearchInstitut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)African Conservation CentrePICTIS Plataforma InternacionalUniversidade de LisboaFundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)Interdyscyplinarne Centrum Modelowania Matematycznego i Komputerowego (ICM) … Voir plusVoir moins

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