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. 2020 Dec;35(12):1052-1055.
doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 7.

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation

Amaël Borzée  1 , Jeffrey McNeely  2 , Kit Magellan  3 , Jennifer R B Miller  4 , Lindsay Porter  5 , Trishna Dutta  6 , Krishnakumar P Kadinjappalli  7 , Sandeep Sharma  8 , Ghazala Shahabuddin  9 , Fikty Aprilinayati  10 , Gerard E Ryan  11 , Alice Hughes  12 , Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib  13 , Ahmad Zafir Abdul Wahab  14 , Damber Bista  15 , Suchana Apple Chavanich  16 , Ju Lian Chong  17 , George A Gale  18 , Hanyeh Ghaffari  19 , Yadav Ghimirey  20 , Vijaya Kumaran Jayaraj  21 , Ambika Prasad Khatiwada  22 , Monsoon Khatiwada  23 , Murali Krishna  24 , Ngwe Lwin  18 , Prakash Kumar Paudel  25 , Chinara Sadykova  26 , Tommaso Savini  18 , Bharat Babu Shrestha  27 , Colin T Strine  28 , Makamas Sutthacheep  29 , Ee Phin Wong  30 , Thamasak Yeemin  31 , Natasha Zulaika Zahirudin  30 , Li Zhang  32
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COVID-19 Highlights the Need for More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation

Amaël Borzée et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Zoonosis-based epidemics are inevitable unless we revisit our relationship with the natural world, protect habitats, and regulate wildlife trade, including live animals and non-sustenance products. To prevent future zoonoses, governments must establish effective legislation addressing wildlife trade, protection of habitats, and reduction of the wildlife-livestock-human interface.

Keywords: Asia; biodiversity crisis; conservation; emerging infectious diseases; legislation; pandemic; policy; wildlife trade; wildlife trafficking; zoonoses.

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Relationship between Zoonoses, Wildlife Trade, and Environmental Protection. Currently, wildlife trade, degradation of natural habitats, and the interaction and interface between humans and wildlife leads to zoonoses such as coronavirus disease 2019. A shift away from the current practices through enhanced and proactive regulation of trade and reduction in environmental degradation would decrease the risk of zoonoses and benefit environmental conservation. Abbreviations: EIA, Environmental impact assessment.
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