Open AccessHow conservation will be impacted in the COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Neupane Dinesh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
wildlife biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1903-220X
pISSN - 0909-6396
DOI - 10.2981/wlb.00727
Subject(s) - wildlife , poaching , pandemic , threatened species , wildlife trade , wildlife conservation , covid-19 , geography , environmental planning , environmental resource management , business , development economics , biology , ecology , disease , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , pathology , habitat
COVID‐19 pandemic has threatened millions of human lives and devastated social and economic conditions globally. This pandemic also threatens wildlife, particularly fragile populations. Many news and rumors linking COVID‐19 with wildlife have flooded in early phase of pandemic, which has impacted the conservation in long run. Understanding the unexpected threats posed by COVID‐19 is crucial to preserving such animals. Negative perception towards wildlife, financial uncertainty for conservation activities, and increase pressure on poaching and illegal killing of animals would be new challenges due to this pandemic. Educating people on how disease could transfer from wildlife to human and tackling COVID‐19 rumors against wild animals are necessary in this situation.