Glossary definitions

Worldviews defined by the connections between networks of concepts and systems of knowledge, values, norms and beliefs. Individual person's worldviews are moulded by the community the person belongs to. Practices are embedded in worldviews and are intrinsically part of them (e.g. through rituals, institutional regimes, social organization, but also in environmental policies, in development choices, etc.).

Mental lenses through which humans social groups perceive, think about, interpret, inhabit and modify the world. Rooted in cultural traditions, they shape and are shaped by knowledge systems, languages and values. Epistemic worldviews pertain to diverse knowledge systems that hold often implicit philosophical assumptions about how nature and values can be known, while human-nature worldviews guide perspectives on our conceptualization of and relationship with nature based on underlying value systems.

Zoonotic disease or zoonoses are directly transmitted from animals to humans via various routes of transmission (e.g. air - influenza; bites and saliva - rabies).

Are directly transmitted from animals to humans via various routes of transmission (e.g. air - influenza; bites and saliva - rabies).