Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primate Research and Conservation.

ABSTRACT: There is evidence to suggest that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may hamper our achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here, we use non-human primates as a case study to examine the impacts of COVID-19 on the ability to achieve biodiversity conservation and management sustainability targets. We collected data through a survey of members of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group from January to March 2022. Of the 93 experts that responded to our survey, we found that 39% had not been able to visit any of their field sites since March 2020, 54% said they had less funding available for their primate-related work, and only one out of ten said they had managed to achieve at least 76-100% of their planned primate-related work since March 2020. Six out of ten re

SUBMITTER: Reuter KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099823 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature