Stories of returning wildlife are a welcome distraction at this time, but they are not unique to a world in pandemic, says WWF’s Elizabeth Clarke.
Closer and more frequent contact with wildlife increases the spillover of pathogens from wildlife to humans.
In spite of the knowledge we have about the impacts of deforestation, 16 million hectares of forest are cut down annually with no sign of a slowdown. Put bluntly, our staggering assault on nature may have created an infectious disease breeding ground over which we have no control.Pandemic risk is linked not just to habitat loss, but also to the exploitation of wildlife for trade and consumption.
Over 2019, Singapore authorities seized an unprecedented amount of pangolin scales and elephant ivory, worth more than S$170 million in total. A few of the seizures that year were among the largest the world has seen.
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