This book aims to give practitioners and researchers an overview of a coherent body of work and results on participatory decision processes aiming at Socio-Ecological Sustainability, implemented in several countries. It covers topics ranging from co-design of participatory processes, to diagnosis, planning, and monitoring and evaluation of processes and impacts - with a common framework based on participatory modeling.

This book explores zoonoses - the diseases exchanged between animals and humans. Within its pages, the authors describe the nature and transmission of zoonoses, discuss the diseases of greatest concern, detail different protective measures, and examine the factors responsible for zoonosis emergence and evolution.