Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume 35, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 1052-1055
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COVID-19 Highlights the Need for More Effective Wildlife Trade Legislation

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Zoonosis-based epidemics are inevitable unless we revisit our relationship with the natural world, protect habitats, and regulate wildlife trade, including live animals and non-sustenance products. To prevent future zoonoses, governments must establish effective legislation addressing wildlife trade, protection of habitats, and reduction of the wildlife–livestock–human interface.

Keywords

pandemic
wildlife trade
conservation
Asia
biodiversity crisis
policy
emerging infectious diseases
zoonoses
wildlife trafficking
legislation

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