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Following the global spread of COVID, there have been widespread calls for blanket bans on the consumption and trade of wild animals. But such bans may have unintended consequences.
We analysed the legal systems regulating the wildlife trade in China. Here’s what we found.
For conservationists and the government, religion and culture could serve to discourage the overharvesting of bushmeat from the wild
The ex-combatants’ food memories show how they continue trying to make sense of both their past and present experiences of violence.
Needed: less wild meat in cities, more wildlife experts in public health.
Zoonotic diseases can emerge closer to home than you realise.
Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.
While identifying a new disease by its place of origin seems intuitive, history shows that doing so can have serious consequences for the people that live there.
The fascination and admiration of the natural environment may draw people closer to it, but it’s crucial to remain responsible about any desire to own a piece.
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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Senior Researcher at the CIB based in the Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Biodiversity and Human Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate in Geography and Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University
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Senior Lecturer, Agribusiness, University of Energy and Natural Resources
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Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Duke Kunshan University
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Researcher, Linnaeus University
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College., University of Cambridge
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Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
