Seven years ago, the White House was bracing itself for not one pandemic, but two. In the spring of 2013, several people in China fell sick with a new and lethal strain of H7N9 bird flu, while an outbreak of MERS—a disease caused by a coronavirus—had spread from Saudi Arabia to several other countries. “We […]
Conservation Efforts Impacted by Pandemic
How Does Coronavirus Affect Biodiversity? New Views from the Field Biologist highlights implications for environmental conservation and research amidst the pandemic. By Katherine Gianni Photo by Kai Dörner on Unsplash. For Boston University professor of biology, Richard Primack, research often takes him far beyond his classroom in Boston to places like Malaysia, China, Japan, and Germany for extensive fieldwork and […]
COVID -> Global warming?
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are similar in terms of their global scale, the exponential growth of their impacts, the need for decisive action, the importance of scientific evidence, the risks to all parts of the economy, and the existential threat to the less affluent sections of society. Roberto Bocca, Head […]
Covid Impact on Global Tourism
COVID-19 – a global insight on travel and tourism impacts UNWTO & Data Partners 21 April 2020 According to UNWTO’s Report on COVID – 19 Related Travel Restrictions, as of 6th April, around 96% of all worldwide destinations have introduced travel restrictions in response to the pandemic. • About 43% (90 destinations) have […]