In this 2023 CABI case study, researchers examine the possibility of the OneHealth-based ecosystem approach for mounting dissease control efforts for zoonotic diseases such as Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD). The case study dispels a few commonly practiced public health practices and assumptions *The Real Risk Zone Isn't the thick/deep forest*: You might assume the danger from a forest disease is deep inside the pristine woods. Wrong. found that the highest risk of KFD spillover to humans is not in the untouched forest, but in the degraded, messy landscapes that people have created. This includes: - **Forest Edges:** The boundary where wilderness meets human activity. - **Plantations and Cultivated Land:** Areas where moist evergreen forest has been replaced by things like rice paddies or cash crops. - **Even Houses and Gardens:** The risk extends right up to where people live. Essentially, when humans change the environment for a livelihood, they accidentally create the perfect high-risk zones for infected ticks to thrive and bite. *The Vulnerable Pay the Highest Price*: This isn't a disease that hits everyone equally. The study highlighted that the risks and impacts were highest for socially vulnerable, marginalized groups (like lower caste, landless, or elderly-headed households). Why? Because their livelihood activities—working in forests, plantations, and croplands—are the very things that put them in constant contact with the infected ticks. The intersection of poverty, environment, and occupation determines who gets sick. *Stop Working in Silos*: The core message of this paper is that you cannot solve a problem like KFD with just one solution. - You can't just treat the patients (human health). - You can't just study the animals (animal health). - You can't just protect the forest (environmental health). The "One Health" approach worked by linking all three, which led to practical, co-created solutions: The project developed web-based tools, risk maps, and educational materials right alongside local managers and communities. This effort allows them to target interventions exactly where and when they are needed most. The full report is [here on CABI Digital Library](https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/epdf/10.1079/onehealthcases.2023.0011)