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Healthy Ecosystems Vital in Reducing Risk of Future Deadly Pandemics
Study shares practices recommended to reduce the risk of future pandemics through protected and conserved area management
March 16, 2021
CABI scientist Dr. Arne Witt has shared his expertise on invasive alien plant species as part of a new paper which argues that healthy ecosystems are vital in reducing the risk of future pandemics such as coronaviruses (including COVID-19) that threaten human health.
PARKS entitled COVID-19 and Protected Areas: Essential Reading for a World Haunted by a Pandemic.
Lead author Dr. Jamie K. Reaser along with a team of researchers from institutions including the African Wildlife Foundation, the University of Oklahoma and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas recommend practices to reduce the risk of future pandemics through protected and conserved area management.
Friday, 12 Mar 2021 10:08 AM MYT
A special edition of the IUCN s PARKS journal, containing a collection of new research papers on the pandemic s various impacts on nature conservation, indicated the crisis was being felt in protected areas worldwide. ― Shutterstock pic via ETX Studio
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NEW YORK, March 12 ― The Covid-19 pandemic has not only had devastating effects on humans, it has also heavily impacted efforts to safeguard natural ecosystems and habitats around the globe, conservationists warned yesterday.
The pandemic and its economic fall-out have put rangers out of work, forced cuts to anti-poaching patrols, and sparked a range of environmental roll-backs, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said.