联合国环境规划署关于禽流感的技术报告 - 联合国环境规划署.pdfVIP

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Secretariat provided by the United Nations Environment Programme International Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza (AI) to analyse links between Migratory Water Birds and AI A new Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza (AI), composed of representatives and observers from the principal international organizat ions concerned with migratory species issues, met on October 18 in Bonn, Germany, in an atmosphere of increased concern that, while it is not clearly established how the disease is spreading, migratory birds may be a contributing factor to the spread of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) strain A/H5N1. As there is no one organization dedicated to studying and monitoring specifically the complex 1 links between human health and that of animals and the environment , the Scientific Task Force was convened in late August by the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) to ensure that international 2 efforts to contain HPAI H5N1 did not overlook vital information concerning migratory species and other 3 environmental considerations including the economic impact on those areas where migratory birds support the livelihoods of local populations. Confirmation of recent outbreaks of H5N1 in Rumania has focused attention of health officials on the Danube delta, which contains Europes largest wetlands