The COVID-19 pandemic is intricately linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health

OK Lawler, HL Allan, PWJ Baxter… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by zoonotic SARS-CoV-2, has important links to
biodiversity loss and ecosystem health. These links range from anthropogenic activities …

[HTML][HTML] Ensuring a post-COVID economic agenda tackles global biodiversity loss

P McElwee, M Chiroleu-Assouline, J Clapp, C Isenhour… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic and unprecedented impacts on both global
health and economies. Many governments are now proposing recovery packages to get …

Wildmeat consumption and zoonotic spillover: contextualising disease emergence and policy responses

C Milbank, B Vira - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2022 - thelancet.com
Zoonotic diseases are estimated to constitute 75% of all emerging infectious diseases, of
which more than 70% come from wild species. The potential threat of zoonotic spillover from …

[HTML][HTML] Human-mediated impacts on biodiversity and the consequences for zoonotic disease spillover

CK Glidden, N Nova, MP Kain, KM Lagerstrom… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Human-mediated changes to natural ecosystems have consequences for both ecosystem
and human health. Historically, efforts to preserve or restore 'biodiversity'can seem to be in …

Averting wildlife-borne infectious disease epidemics requires a focus on socio-ecological drivers and a redesign of the global food system

GI Wegner, KA Murray, M Springmann, A Muller… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
A debate has emerged over the potential socio-ecological drivers of wildlife-origin zoonotic
disease outbreaks and emerging infectious disease (EID) events. This Review explores the …

An integrative framework for transformative social change: a case in global wildlife trade

R Naito, J Zhao, KMA Chan - Sustainability Science, 2022 - Springer
To achieve a sustainable future, it is imperative to transform human actions collectively and
underlying social structures. Decades of research in social sciences have offered …

Bushmeat, wet markets, and the risks of pandemics: Exploring the nexus through systematic review of scientific disclosures

CS Peros, R Dasgupta, P Kumar… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is the third coronavirus this century to threaten human
health, killing more than two million people globally. Like previous coronaviruses, SARS …

Environmental DNA‐based detection of pathogens in trade and captive settings: Best practices and validation for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

JL Brunner, CM Yarber, RAI Pearhill… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Detecting pathogens in the live animal trade is critical for tracking and preventing their
movement, introduction and spillover into susceptible fauna. However, the scale of the live …

Preparing international cooperation on pandemic prevention for the Anthropocene

CJ Carlson, GF Albery, A Phelan - BMJ Global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
More broadly, these conversations have pointed to a broader need to address the upstream
drivers of poor health and disease burden outside of pandemic settings. In the One Health or …

“Saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and safeguarding nature”: risk-based wildlife trade policy for sustainable development outcomes post-COVID-19

H Booth, M Arias, S Brittain, DWS Challender… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge loss of life, and immense social and economic
harm. Wildlife trade has become central to discourse on COVID-19, zoonotic pandemics …