Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect societies across the world, the ongoing economic and social disruptions are likely to present fundamental challenges for current and future biodiversity conservation.We review the literature for outcomes of past major societal, political, economic and zoonotic perturbations on biodiversity conservation, and demonstrate the complex implications of perturbation events upon conservation efforts. Building on the review findings, we use six in-depth case studies and the emerging literature to identify positive and negative outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic, known and anticipated, for biodiversity conservation efforts around the world.A number of similarities exist between the current pandemic and past perturbations, with experiences highlighting that

SUBMITTER: Thurstan RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8661774 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature