Tropical peatlands and their conservation are important in the context of COVID-19 and potential future (zoonotic) disease pandemics.
Tropical peatlands and their conservation are important in the context of COVID-19 and potential future (zoonotic) disease pandemics.
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作者：
Harrison ME;Wijedasa LS;Cole LES;Cheyne SM;Choiruzzad SAB;Chua L;Dargie GC;Ewango CEN;Honorio Coronado EN;Ifo SA;Imron MA;Kopansky D;Lestarisa T;O'Reilly PJ;Van Offelen J;Refisch J;Roucoux K;Sugardjito J;Thornton SA;Upton C;Page S
COVID-19大流行造成了全球破坏，此次疫情和其他大流行的出现与栖息地侵占和/或野生动物开采有关。在一些拥有大片热带泥炭地的国家，COVID-19的严重影响是显而易见的，其中一些国家在应对疾病大流行方面的资源相对不足。尽管如此，以前的调查没有考虑到热带泥炭地在新发传染病（eid）的背景下。在此，我们回顾了：(1)热带泥炭地在未来产生eid的可能性；（二）2019冠状病毒病对热带泥炭地保护和当地社区的潜在威胁；（三）有助于降低这些风险的潜在措施。我们发现，热带泥炭沼泽森林的生物多样性高，包括存在许多潜在的脊椎动物和无脊椎动物媒介，在栖息地破坏程度高和野生动物采伐程度高的地方，为潜在的人畜共患EID（重新）出现提供了合适的条件。虽然无法准确预测，但我们确定了2019冠状病毒病大流行对热带泥炭地保护和当地社区的许多潜在威胁。这包括对公共卫生的影响，泥炭地火灾造成的雾霾污染可能会增加COVID-19的易感性，这是一个值得关注的问题；对当地经济、生计和粮食安全的影响，在医疗设施有限或没有医疗设施、严重依赖对外贸易的偏远社区可能会更大。研究、培训、教育、保护和恢复活动也受到影响，特别是那些涉及物理分组和国际旅行的活动，其中一些活动可能导致栖息地侵占、野生动物采伐或火灾增加，因此可能造成长期负面影响，包括与疾病大流行有关的负面影响。我们的结论是，热带泥炭地及其野生动物的可持续管理对于减轻COVID-19大流行的影响，降低未来人畜共患EID发生和严重程度的可能性非常重要，从而加强了对其保护和恢复的理由。为了支持这一点，我们列出了在2019冠状病毒病/疾病大流行背景下热带泥炭地可持续管理的七项具体建议，以及减轻当前COVID-19的影响和减少这些地区未来潜在的人畜共患EID风险。我们的讨论和提出的许多问题也应与非热带泥炭地地区有关，并与将来可能发生的其他（与大流行病有关的）突发社会经济冲击有关。
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global disruption, with the emergence of this and other pandemics having been linked to habitat encroachment and/or wildlife exploitation. High impacts of COVID-19 are apparent in some countries with large tropical peatland areas, some of which are relatively poorly resourced to tackle disease pandemics. Despite this, no previous investigation has considered tropical peatlands in the context of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Here, we review: (i) the potential for future EIDs arising from tropical peatlands; (ii) potential threats to tropical peatland conservation and local communities from COVID-19; and (iii) potential steps to help mitigate these risks. We find that high biodiversity in tropical peat-swamp forests, including presence of many potential vertebrate and invertebrate vectors, combined, in places, with high levels of habitat disruption and wildlife harvesting represent suitable conditions for potential zoonotic EID (re-)emergence. Although impossible to predict precisely, we identify numerous potential threats to tropical peatland conservation and local communities from the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes impacts on public health, with the potential for haze pollution from peatland fires to increase COVID-19 susceptibility a noted concern; and on local economies, livelihoods and food security, where impacts will likely be greater in remote communities with limited/no medical facilities that depend heavily on external trade. Research, training, education, conservation and restoration activities are also being affected, particularly those involving physical groupings and international travel, some of which may result in increased habitat encroachment, wildlife harvesting or fire, and may therefore precipitate longer-term negative impacts, including those relating to disease pandemics. We conclude that sustainable management of tropical peatlands and their wildlife is important for mitigating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and reducing the potential for future zoonotic EID emergence and severity, thus strengthening arguments for their conservation and restoration. To support this, we list seven specific recommendations relating to sustainable management of tropical peatlands in the context of COVID-19/disease pandemics, plus mitigating the current impacts of COVID-19 and reducing potential future zoonotic EID risk in these localities. Our discussion and many of the issues raised should also be relevant for non-tropical peatland areas and in relation to other (pandemic-related) sudden socio-economic shocks that may occur in future.
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影响因子：
4.5
作者：
Charania, Nadia A.;Tsuji, Leonard J. S.
通讯作者：
Tsuji, Leonard J. S.
DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0097
发表时间：
2012-09-01
期刊：
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
影响因子：
--
作者：
Bai, Ying;Recuenco, Sergio;Kosoy, Michael Y
通讯作者：
Kosoy, Michael Y
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1603290114
发表时间：
2017-04-18
影响因子：
11.1
作者：
Blackman, Allen;Corral, Leonardo;Asner, Gregory P.
通讯作者：
Asner, Gregory P.
影响因子：
8.1
作者：
Cabore, Joseph Waogodo;Karamagi, Humphrey Cyprian;Moeti, Matshidiso R.
通讯作者：
Moeti, Matshidiso R.
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Atwood, Elizabeth C.;Englhart, Sandra;Siegert, Florian
通讯作者：
Siegert, Florian