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Situation Analysis Covid-19, wildlife trade, and consumer engagement

Published 5 August 2021

  Tiếng Việt 

On 7th February 2020, a research team in Guangzhou, Southern China1, identified pangolins as a potential intermediate host for the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the root of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite evidence still being unclear as to the origins of the virus, people’s relationship with and consumption of wild animals such as pangolins has been irreversibly cast into sharp relief.

Situation Analysis: Covid-19, wildlife trade, and consumer engagement

Report author(s):
TRAFFIC

Publication date:
August 2021

About Wildlife TRAPS

The Wildlife TRAPS Project, implemented by TRAFFIC and IUCN with funding support from USAID, is helping to forge cross-sectoral partnerships with government and experts in inter-governmental organisations, NGOs, academia, and the private sector to identify risk mitigation strategies to prevent future zoonotic spillover potential associated with trade in wild animals. 

As well as social and behavioural change interventions, the Wildlife TRAPS project is supporting policy and regulatory reform efforts, including strengthening supply chain management systems. The identification of critical control points within wildlife trade supply chains will help target illicit and other high-risk wildlife trade practices that may facilitate the transmission of zoonotic diseases.

About USAID

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is responsible for the majority of overseas development assistance from the United States Government and works to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing security and prosperity for America and the world. www.usaid.gov/