The relative importance of COVID‐19 pandemic impacts on biodiversity conservation globally

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic presents increased threats to biodiversity conservation globally yet reduced capacity to counter them.

Political polarization of conservation issues in the era of COVID-19: An examination of partisan perspectives and priorities in the United States

“…Emerging research also suggests responses to COVID-19 may result in numerous negative impacts to conservation. For example, the prioritization of economic recovery may come at the expense of conservation funding, travel restrictions may limit nature based tourism, and economic struggles may result in increased illegal take of wildlife for subsistence purposes or as an alternative source of income ( Gibbons et al, 2021 , McCleery et al, 2020 , Sandbrook et al, 2020 ). It is therefore possible that conservation may be sinking in a storm of other more salient issues, or it could be emerging as relatively more important as the public recognizes key links between humans, wildlife, and nature.…”

COVID-19 vaccine-induced recovery and the implications of vaccine apartheid on the global tourism industry

“…Some of the tourism sectors and subsectors that were adversely affected by COVID-19 includes the sports tourism industry ( Drewes et al, 2021 ; Alam and Abdurraheem, 2021 ); restaurant industry ( Dube et al, 2021a , Dube et al, 2021b , Dube et al, 2021c ; Kim et al, 2021 ; Song et al, 2021 ); aviation industry ( Liu et al, 2021 ; Deveci et al, 2022 ), car rental and airports industry to mention but a few ( Wang et al, 2022 ; Zhang et al, 2022 ). The scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic did not spare tourists destinations that are highly dependent on tourism revenue for conservation either, as they were left battling to look for conservation financing elsewhere ( Hambira et al, 2021 ; Bates et al, 2021 ; Gibbons et al, 2021 ).…”

Santri trained troops: Making new normal kits and training for the COVID-19 task force

“…Pada 6 Maret 2020, Pemerintah Indonesia mengumumkan kasus pertama COVID-19 di Indonesia, dan memberlakukan lockdown. Besarnya kecepatan dan ketidakpastian pandemi telah memengaruhi semua sistem dan berdampak besar pada hampir semua aspek di kehidupan masyarakat serta memicu inovasi di banyak bidang, termasuk bidang kesehatan, salah satunya yaitu kesehatan perilaku (Gibbons et al, 2021;Pinals et al, 2020).…”