Achieving net benefits: A road map for cross-sectoral policy development in response to the unintended use of mosquito nets as fishing gear

Short, Richard L.; Addison, Prue; Hill, Nicholas M.; Arlidge, William N. S.; Berthe, Sara; Tickell, Sofia Castelló y; Coulthard, Sarah; Lorenz, Lena M.; Sibanda, Mxolisi; Milner‐Gulland, E. J.

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“…Wildlife trade policy interventions can also create feedbacks and unintended consequences for the SDGs. For instance, restricting wildlife trade can have conservation benefits (SDGs 14 and 15), but may harm food security, health and well-being (SDGs 2 and 3) (Larrosa et al, 2016;Bonwitt et al, 2018;Short et al, 2019). Overly stringent or socially illegitimate regulation can also lead to non-compliance and black markets, which can erode security and institutions (SDG 16) (Bonwitt et al, 2018;Oyanedel et al, 2020), and can backfire leading to further declines in populations of threatened species (Leader-Williams, 2003).…”

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“Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods, and Safeguarding Nature”: Risk-Based Wildlife Trade Policy for Sustainable Development Outcomes Post-COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge loss of life, and immense social and economic harm. Wildlife trade has become central to discourse on COVID-19, zoonotic pandemics, and related policy responses, which must focus on “saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and safeguarding nature.” Proposed policy responses have included extreme measures such as banning all use and trade of wildlife, or blanket measures for entire Classes. However, different trades pose varying degrees of risk for zoonotic pandemics, while some trades also play critical roles in delivering other key aspects of sustainable development, particularly related to poverty and hunger alleviation, decent work, responsible consumption and production, and life on land and below water. Here we describe how wildlife trade contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in diverse ways, with synergies and trade-offs within and between the SDGs. In doing so, we show that prohibitions could result in severe trade-offs against some SDGs, with limited benefits for public health via pandemic prevention. This complexity necessitates context-specific policies, with multi-sector decision-making that goes beyond simple top-down solutions. We encourage decision-makers to adopt a risk-based approach to wildlife trade policy post-COVID-19, with policies formulated via participatory, evidence-based approaches, which explicitly acknowledge uncertainty, complexity, and conflicting values across different components of the SDGs. This should help to ensure that future use and trade of wildlife is safe, environmentally sustainable and socially just.

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“…For instance, restricting wildlife trade can have conservation benefits (SDGs 14 and 15), but may harm food security, health and well-being (SDGs 2 and 3) (Bonwitt et al, 2018;Larrosa, Carrasco, & Milner-Gulland, 2016;Short et al, 2019). Overly stringent or socially-illegitimate regulation can also lead to noncompliance and black markets, which can erode security and institutions (SDG 16) (Bonwitt et al, 2018;Oyanedel, Gelcich, & Milner-Gulland, 2020), and can back fire leading to further declines (Leader-Williams, 2003).…”

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“Saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and safeguarding nature”: risk-based wildlife trade policy for sustainable development outcomes post-COVID-19

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused huge loss of life, and immense social and economic costs throughout the world. Policy responses must minimise the risk of future zoonotic pandemics while simultaneously securing livelihoods and protecting nature, all of which are fundamental to delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Wildlife trade has become the epicentre of debates on COVID-19 and potential policy responses, with calls from some conservation and animal welfare organisations for blanket bans on wildlife trade. Here we describe how wildlife trade influences people and nature in diverse ways (both positive and negative), with synergies and trade-offs within and between the SDGs. We also discuss why there is a need for a more holistic and evidence-based approach, which goes beyond the narrow focus of current discourse. We offer a simple integrated framework for assessing the public health risks of different forms of wildlife trade, and for evaluating them against other dimensions of the SDGs. We illustrate the flexibility of the framework by applying it to worked examples for different species and contexts. Our results demonstrate how the framework can guide evidence-based, participatory decision-making on wildlife trade, which minimises public health risks and secures other benefits to people and nature. We encourage decision-makers to adopt a holistic approach to inform national and local policy responses to pandemic risks posed by wildlife trade. Finally, we recommend that broader issues, such as land-use and climate change (and how wildlife trade regulations may alleviate or exacerbate these issues) are also considered as part of efforts to reduce future zoonosis emergence.

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“…Numerous studies have been done on the efficiency of insecticidetreated nets in preventing malaria in expectant women around the world [17,30,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. As a result, the WHO has started producing and distributing ITNs to all nations with an active malaria epidemic.…”

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“…In some parts of Africa where malaria is the leading cause of death for children under five, ITNs have also been shown to significantly lower overall child mortality by at least 20%. ITNs have also been found to be highly effective in protecting pregnant women sleeping under them and their unborn babies [29][30][31].…”

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A Survey of Ownership and Utilization of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) among Pregnant Women Attending Anc Clinic

2023

Int J Clin Med Edu Res

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This study sought to assess the ownership and utilization of insecticide treated nets among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic A cross-sectional study design was adopted to conduct the study METHODS: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 185 pregnant women. The data were presented by means of descriptive statistics. Findings showed that 93.5% of the pregnant women owned at least an ITN with 90.3% owning more than one ITN prior to the survey. However, 6.0% of the pregnant women slept under ITN the night before the survey. A combination of personal, household, and institutional factors accounted for the poor usage of the ITNs

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Achieving net benefits: A road map for cross-sectoral policy development in response to the unintended use of mosquito nets as fishing gear

Cited by 5 publications

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“Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods, and Safeguarding Nature”: Risk-Based Wildlife Trade Policy for Sustainable Development Outcomes Post-COVID-19

“Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods, and Safeguarding Nature”: Risk-Based Wildlife Trade Policy for Sustainable Development Outcomes Post-COVID-19

“Saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and safeguarding nature”: risk-based wildlife trade policy for sustainable development outcomes post-COVID-19

A Survey of Ownership and Utilization of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) among Pregnant Women Attending Anc Clinic

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