Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:      Collabora2ve  Research  Programs  

Climate  Change,  Natural  Resource  Management,  

and  Health  

Liz  VanWormer,  University  of  California,  Davis  

Health  for  Animals  and  Livelihood  Improvement  (HALI)  Project  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Why  the  Ruaha  Ecosystem?  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Pastoral  Health  and  Livelihoods  in  a  Changing  Landscape  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Pastoral  Health  and  Livelihoods  in  a  Changing  Landscape  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

•  Livelihood  impacts  on  pastoral  communiIes  –  Labor  stress  –  Livestock  ProducIvity  – Human  &  Livestock  Disease  

•  Impaired  ecosystem  services  – Water  quality  – Disease  Transmission  –  Impact  on  wildlife  and  tourism  

Water  Scarcity  and  ResulIng  Threats  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

•  Decreased  access  to  water  

•  Decreased  pasture  •  Direct  and  indirect  impacts  on  health    

Water  and  Livestock  ProducIon  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Water  Scarcity  and  Human  NutriIon  

•  Decreased  access  to  water  

•  Agricultural  Challenges  

•  Direct  and  indirect  impacts  on  health    

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

•  Decreased  access  to  water  

•  Decreased  food  •  Direct  and  indirect  impacts  on  health  

•  Increased  potenIal  for  human-­‐wildlife  conflict  

Water  and  Wildlife  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

Shared  Water  Sources  and  Health  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

•  Human  urban  and  rural  communiIes  – Drinking  water  – Agriculture  

•  DomesIc  animals  

•  Wildlife  and  ecotourism  

MulI-­‐Stakeholder  Water  Management  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

What  are  the  downstream  impacts  of  natural  resource  management?  

Feed  the  Future  Food  Security  Innova2on  Labs:  Collabora2ve  Research  Programs    

•  Working  with  environmental  educaIon  experts  to  increase  understanding  of  connecIons  among  climate,  natural  resources,  and  health  

•  InvesIgaIng  links  between  climate  variability  and  livestock  health,  human  nutriIon,  and  pastoralist  livelihoods  

HALI  and  Natural  Resource  Management  

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Thank  you!