He came back to Jamaica with the intention of going into both catering and the tourism industry but eventually focused only on the tour business. Jackson lived in the United States for most of his adult life and worked in the IT industry. Harvel Jackson is a 50-year-old tour guide and entrepreneur who operates a Kingston-based business called FIWI Jamaica Experience Tours. The operating language of the Working Group will be English.Įxecutive Vice-President for Health and PolicyĬentre for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)ĭept.The popular Dunn's River Falls in Ocho Rios, St Ann, which is visited by almost one million people peryear The Working Group will revise its work plan annually. The Working Group President will maintain additional regular communication with the OIE Prepardness and Resilience Department, and the OIE World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department as appropriate. The Working Group might use a secured Internet forum, when available, to manage discussion, document reviews and related matters and through which OIE personnel also can access output from the Working Group’s activities. These teleconferences are open to representatives of the Programmes Department or other relevant Departments of the OIE. The Working Group will meet by teleconference two or more times each year. The Working Group normally will hold annually one face-to-face mid-year meeting in Paris. Mode of Operation for the Working Group on Wildlife Support the OIE in its interactions and collaborations with international organisations working on the animal, human and environmental health interface, and with the wider stakeholder community engaged on these issues. Assist OIE in supporting the activities of Collaborating Centres on wildlife health and biodiversity.ġ0. Assist OIE to incorporate wildlife health and biodiversity issues of importance to the OIE appropriately in its educational and scientific programs and publications.ĩ. Assist the OIE to communicate and disseminate information about wildlife health and biodiversity, and represent OIE as requested.Ĩ. Address specific issues referred to the Working Group by the OIE Director General, which may include matters recommended by Specialist Commissions, Members or the OIE itself.ħ. Assist the OIE to receive, record, and interpret information on wildlife disease, including emerging diseases, vector borne diseases, zoonosis and invasive species occurrence from official sources through WAHIS, and support an international network to provide information from non-official sources.Ħ. Assist OIE with training of OIE National Focal Points for Wildlife and other efforts to support Member Countries, especially in building or improving their capacity to meet OIE standards and obligations with respect to wildlife health and biodiversity and their interface with animal health and veterinary public health.ĥ.
Assist the OIE Director General, the Scientific Commission and other OIE Specialist Commissions to assess risks and make risk management recommendations, including the development of OIE Standards and Guidelines, associated with wildlife health and biodiversity.Ĥ. Maintain global perspective and foresight on wildlife health and biodiversity and their interface with animal health and veterinary public health, in particular:Ī) wildlife health and disease issues of importance to the OIE, including emerging diseases, vector borne diseases and zoonosis ī) invasive species of potential importance to the OIE through their impacts on biodiversity Ĭ) climate change impacts on animal health, wildlife health and biodiversity.ģ. The Working Group reports to the OIE Director General who will transmit the report, or relevant parts of it, to the appropriate Specialist Commissions of OIE.Ģ.
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