COVID-19 and Hurricanes: The Impact of Natural Disasters during a Pandemic in Honduras, Central America

The COVID-19 pandemic as a pivot point for biological conservation

“…Multiple crises resulted from cumulative and interacting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic 5 . In the Caribbean and Pacific regions several cyclones caused widespread damage, which diverted limited government funding to emergency relief efforts, and created new challenges that include addressing overlapping humanitarian crises with borders closed and restrictions on movement (e.g., refs.…”

“…In the Caribbean and Pacific regions several cyclones caused widespread damage, which diverted limited government funding to emergency relief efforts, and created new challenges that include addressing overlapping humanitarian crises with borders closed and restrictions on movement (e.g., refs. 5,6 ). The capacity for human systems to remain resilient or buffer the impacts of these extreme events has led to great damage in already vulnerable ecosystems.…”

Natural Disasters, Ecological Knowledge, and COVID-19 in the Philippines

“…Reports of loss and suffering, as well as economic and health damages, indicate long-term reconstructions and recovery, as emphasized by a previous article on Honduras' natural disasters amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. 1 What makes recovery difficult is that the Philippines, along with Haiti and Pakistan, have recurrent catastrophes that make it continuously ranked, according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, as most affected both "in the longterm index and in the index for each respective year." 2 The country in recent memory has been exposed to Super Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan) in 2013, and post-Haiyan efforts are still in place.…”

The Grass Was Greener - Climate Change, One Health, and the High Hopes to Mitigate COVID-19, Avian Influenza, and other Zoonotic Emerging Diseases

“…The accumulating influences of climate change, including the rise of the earth's surface temperature and sea level as well as melting glaciers among many other direct and indirect effects (Calel et al, 2020;Harvey et al, 2020), are reshaping, not only the ecological landscape of many world regions, but also setting the stage for emerging diseases sceneries. Floods, droughts, hurricanes (Zambrano et al, 2021), heat waves and surging fires across all continents (Bonilla-Aldana et al, 2019) are all part of the human-driven fingerprint that has led to climate change (Figure 1). These effects have also resulted in a massive reduction of vegetation across many regions around the globe.…”

“…H5N8 influenza virus during post-mortem analysis performed on common seals (Phoca vitulina), a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), and a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from a wildlife rehabilitation center (Zambrano et al, 2021;ProMEDmail, 2021c). Now, in June 2021, a human case due to H10N3 has been reported in China (ProMedMail, 2021b).…”