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COVID-19 poses challenges for forest communities
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Chasseur Zorro Ndeli dans la réserve de Tumba – Ledima en République démocratique du Congo. Photo : Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
Investigative work into deadly viruses and wild meat in Africa shines light on the conundrum faced by communities dependent on wild meat for their dietary protein, fat and micronutrients. Learn more about the way deforestation and forest degradation exacerbates the spread of such diseases as COVID-19 and Ebola as they are transmitted from animals to humans, then person to person and what governments can do about it.
18 May 2020
Will COVID-19 put the kibosh on major in-person conferences for good? The COVID-19 global lockdown has made a big dent in daily carbon emissions, according to a new analysis published in the journal Nature Climate Change. At the peak of social-isolation measures introduced by governments in early April, they decreased by...
5 May 2020
Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blueprint for a healthy planet Scientists have demonstrated that such diseases as the new SARS-COV2 coronavirus COVID-19 and Ebola can emerge due to ecosystem imbalances in forests. Over the past few months, this hypothesis has flourished through coverage in the mainstream news media,...
28 Apr 2020
COVID-19: cómo la naturaleza interviene para volver a llenar los ‘bosques vacíos’ cuando los animales desaparecen “No debemos dejar que un bosque lleno de árboles nos haga creer que todo está bien”. Esta advertencia de Kent Redford dio un giro a las ideas sobre la conservación forestal cuando fue publicada en un estudio titulado “El bosque vacío”, en...
23 Apr 2020
COVID-19 and what it means for wild meat Tune in to get the highlights from the previous webinar that addresses timely issues around wildmeat in the wake of current COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Apr 2020
COVID-19 pandemic: How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’ when animals disappear “We must not let a forest full of trees fool us into believing that all is well.” Kent Redford’s cautionary statement turned prevailing views on forest conservation inside out when it was published in an essay titled ”The Empty Forest,”...
30 Mar 2020
COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers Conservationists have greeted China’s recent clampdown on wild animal hunting and consumption with enthusiasm. The government made the move based on scientific theories that COVID-19 was transmitted from a pangolin or a bat to humans in a market in...
