International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade

Mission

The work of the Alliance focuses on two goals:

1. Substantially reducing the risks of zoonotic spillover and stepping up responses (including behavioural changes) to human and animal health risks caused by direct and indirect contact with wildlife and their products along the wildlife trade chain.
2. Enhancing international and national awareness, knowledge, and policies with regard to goal 1, thus narrowing the gap between science and implementation.

In a collaborative process, our members – spanning a wide spectrum of international political and civil society organisations as well as indigenous people’s organisations and networks – have identified these goals as their shared ambition. In a wider sense, we also give advice on topics and support projects that contribute to our shared vision and mission.

The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade  is an open, inclusive and collaborative space where stakeholders join forces to better understand and reduce the threat of pathogen spillover from wildlife trade and markets, providing and communicating evidence, supporting interventions, thereby, reducing the risk of future outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics, while concurrently improving health, equity, and well-being for all species – through a One Health approach. 

The members of the International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade  envision a world of healthy and safe coexistence of people, animals, and the ecosystems that they are part of – underpinned by the recognition of their close links and interdependence.