Biodiversity conservation as infectious disease prevention: why a social-ecological perspective is essential

IF 4.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Global Sustainability Pub Date : 2021-03-15 DOI:10.1017/sus.2021.11
Florian D. Schneider, D. Matias, Stefanie Burkhart, L. Drees, T. Fickel, D. Hummel, S. Liehr, Engelbert Schramm, M. Mehring
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Non-technical summary Investing in stricter biodiversity conservation and wildlife protection to reduce the number of emerging diseases and, consequently, the risk of pandemics such as coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), must integrate a social-ecological perspective. Biodiversity conservation, in order to be effective as disease prevention, requires consideration of people's needs, knowledge and institutions within their locally specific contexts. To meet this goal, future biodiversity research and conservation policy should apply six social-ecological principles for shaping future practices of co-existence of societies and nature. Technical summary The COVID-19 pandemic, presumably originating in a spillover event from natural wildlife reservoirs into the human population, sets a new benchmark for the indirect cost of biodiversity exploitation. To reverse the trend of increasing pandemic risk, biodiversity conservation and wildlife protection must be strengthened globally. In this paper, we argue that such preventive measures explicitly need to employ a social-ecological approach. In particular, attention must be paid to the societal relations to nature to avoid falling for simplistic solutions that neglect regional and local particularities of both, biodiversity and local communities. We emphasize the importance of avoiding a Western-biased view and acknowledging the factors and causations of infectious disease emergence in industrialized countries. To reduce the emergence of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in their specific contexts, we propose applying a social-ecological systems approach by integrating plural local knowledge and values, established practices, formal and informal institutions, as well as technology. We further introduce six social-ecological principles for shaping transformations in the Anthropocene to maintain and build more resilient and sustainable communities. By operationalizing these inter- and transdisciplinary principles, biodiversity conservation can be effectively implemented as infectious disease prevention. Social media summary A social-ecological approach to biodiversity conservation can pave the way for an effective and socially just reduction of future pandemic risks.
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作为传染病预防的生物多样性保护:为什么社会生态观点是必不可少的
投资于更严格的生物多样性保护和野生动物保护,以减少新发疾病的数量,从而减少冠状病毒病-19 (COVID-19)等大流行病的风险,必须从社会生态角度出发。为了使生物多样性保护有效地预防疾病,需要在当地具体情况下考虑人们的需求、知识和体制。为了实现这一目标,未来的生物多样性研究和保护政策应该应用六项社会生态原则来塑造未来社会与自然共存的实践。据推测,2019冠状病毒病大流行源于野生动物自然储存库对人类的溢出事件,它为生物多样性开发的间接成本设定了新的基准。为扭转大流行风险增加的趋势,必须在全球范围内加强生物多样性养护和野生动物保护。在本文中,我们认为这种预防措施明确需要采用社会生态学方法。特别是,必须注意社会与自然的关系,以避免陷入简单化的解决办法,忽视生物多样性和当地社区的区域和地方特点。我们强调避免西方偏见的观点和承认工业化国家出现传染病的因素和原因的重要性。为了减少人畜共患疾病和媒介传播疾病在其特定环境中的出现,我们建议采用社会生态系统方法,整合多种当地知识和价值观、既定做法、正式和非正式机构以及技术。我们进一步介绍了六项社会生态原则,用于塑造人类世的转变,以维持和建立更具弹性和可持续性的社区。通过实施这些跨学科和跨学科的原则,生物多样性保护可以作为传染病预防有效地实施。保护生物多样性的社会生态方法可以为有效和社会公正地减少未来的大流行风险铺平道路。
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Global Sustainability
Global Sustainability Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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