Land-use change drives emergence, spread of coronaviruses, including Covid-19: Study
March 12, 2021
‘Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the society’s inability to respond in a timely manner to novel pathogens’
Healthy ecosystems are vital in reducing the risk of future pandemics - such as coronaviruses, including Covid-19, according to a new study.
The authors of the study highlighted that land-use change drives the emergence and spread of micro-organisms (pathogens). These further infest wildlife and humans with severe consequences for environmental, animal, and human health.
In a paper titled
Land use-induced spillover: priority actions for protected and conserved area managers published as part of a special issue by the journal
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a sobering impact on global nature conservation, with Africa and Asia the most severely affected, according to new research papers
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Geneva: 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 Thursday.
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.
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.
“While the global health crisis remains priority, this new research reveals just how severe a toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on conservation efforts and on communities dedicated to protecting nature,” IUCN director general Dr Bruno Oberle said in the statement.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only had devastating effects on humans, but it has also heavily impacted efforts to safeguard natural ecosystems and habitats around the globe, conservationists warned on Thursday. unsplash
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.
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.