Planetary boundaries and Veterinary Services

National Veterinary Services (NVS) play a crucial role in animal health, production and welfare. They are also intimately involved with safeguarding global health security the of planet. Climate change is just one nine planetary boundaries (PBs), i.e. Earth system processes, that can be used to monitor vital signs our living In this paper, authors identify positive negative impacts humaninduced management aquatic terrestrial animals relation these PBs. context NVS, provide an overview real potential NVS policies on systems offer suggestions as how new sustainability paradigms may assist reviewing revising mandates facilitating stakeholder engagement. Opportunities proposed for World Organisation Animal Health contribute debate agriculture wildlife sustainable development. addition, paper suggests wider required recent significant increases domestic populations Intersectoral interdisciplinary collaboration achieve transformation framework which operate. While such transformations cannot driven by veterinary profession alone, veterinarians have proven very effective operators One arena. By building intersectoral linkages, it will possible actively discussions pull metrics back within safe boundaries.