This pandemic situation requests a correct understanding of our impacts on wildlife conservation, which would also provide benefits for our species. In this commentary we revised and discussed some of the repercussions that SARS-CoV-2 pandemic may have to wildlife. We propose four actions that should be taken into account to protect and conserve wildlife in this pandemic era: wildlife “wet” markets must close; human interference with wildlife must be reduced; bats and pangolins must be conserved and not blamed; and Chinese traditional medicine must be more controlled.
Do not blame bats and pangolins! Global consequences for wildlife conservation after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic / Turcios-Casco M.A.; Cazzolla Gatti R.. - In: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. - ISSN 0960-3115. - ELETTRONICO. - 29:13(2020), pp. 3829-3833. [10.1007/s10531-020-02053-y]
Do not blame bats and pangolins! Global consequences for wildlife conservation after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Cazzolla Gatti R.
2020
Abstract
This pandemic situation requests a correct understanding of our impacts on wildlife conservation, which would also provide benefits for our species. In this commentary we revised and discussed some of the repercussions that SARS-CoV-2 pandemic may have to wildlife. We propose four actions that should be taken into account to protect and conserve wildlife in this pandemic era: wildlife “wet” markets must close; human interference with wildlife must be reduced; bats and pangolins must be conserved and not blamed; and Chinese traditional medicine must be more controlled.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.