COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown as a “Global Human Confinement Experiment” to investigate biodiversity conservation

AE Bates, RB Primack, P Moraga, CM Duarte - Biological conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Efforts to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) have led to the
unprecedented concurrent confinement of nearly two-thirds of the global population. The …

Artificial intelligence and automated monitoring for assisting conservation of marine ecosystems: A perspective

EM Ditria, CA Buelow, M Gonzalez-Rivero… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Conservation of marine ecosystems has been highlighted as a priority to ensure a
sustainable future. Effective management requires data collection over large spatio-temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking the global reduction of marine traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic

D March, K Metcalfe, J Tintoré, BJ Godley - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unparalleled global impacts on human mobility. In
the ocean, ship-based activities are thought to have been impacted due to severe …

A global perspective on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on freshwater fish biodiversity

SJ Cooke, WM Twardek, AJ Lynch, IG Cowx… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting effects on the economy and society (eg,
sheltering-in-place, alterations in transportation, changes in consumer behaviour, loss of …

Pandemic travel restrictions provide a test of net ecological effects of ecotourism and new research opportunities

R Buckley - Journal of Travel Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The collapse of tourism under the COVID-19 pandemic thus confirms, more powerfully than
any previous event, that in the short term, the normal net effect of tourism on conservation is …

Climate crisis and flying: Social media analysis traces the rise of “flightshame”

S Becken, H Friedl, B Stantic… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Even before the global halt to extensive mobility due to the coronavirus crisis, there has
been growing resistance amongst some groups to flying. Reflecting increasing concern …

Stakeholder engagement vs. social distancing—how does the Covid-19 pandemic affect participatory research in EU marine science projects?

V Köpsel, G de Moura Kiipper, MA Peck - Maritime Studies, 2021 - Springer
In the realm of marine science, engaging with stakeholders (eg, industry members, policy-
makers, managers, NGOs) is an important method applied in many research projects. The …

COVID-19 impacts on beaches and coastal water pollution at selected sites in Ecuador, and management proposals post-pandemic

FI Ormaza-Gonzaìlez, D Castro-Rodas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has obliged Governments all around the world to implement
confinement and social distancing measures. Leisure and business activities on beaches …

Environmental externalities of the COVID-19 lockdown: Insights for sustainability planning in the Anthropocene

RB Chowdhury, A Khan, T Mahiat, H Dutta… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly halted the Anthropocene's ever-expanding reign for
the time being. The resulting global human confinement, dubbed as the Anthropause, has …

Online trade in wildlife and the lack of response to COVID-19

TQ Morcatty, K Feddema, KAI Nekaris, V Nijman - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildlife trade has been widely discussed as a likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. It
remains unclear how the main actors in the wildlife trade chain responded to these …