EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Letter to Editor
Jan 03, 2022 458 295

Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics

Ritesh Joshi 1,
Kanchan Puri 2 *
1 Conservation and Survey Division, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, New Delhi, INDIA2 Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, Niti Aayog, New Delhi, INDIA* Corresponding Author
European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2022, 6(1), em0094, https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497
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ABSTRACT

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services highlights that there is a close nexus between the global health pandemics and the biodiversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly indicated the importance of environmental health. Seeing the advancement of scientific field, it is clear that there is some link between the biodiversity and spread of outbreaks of epidemics and pandemics. Interestingly, preservation of biodiversity has been recognized as an important step to control the disease outbreaks since last one year. If biodiversity is well managed and conserved, it will act as a barrier against the spill-over of infectious diseases.

KEYWORDS

COVID-19 biodiversity pandemic epidemic

CITATION (Harvard)

Joshi, R., and Puri, K. (2022). Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(1), em0094. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497
APA
Joshi, R., & Puri, K. (2022). Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(1), em0094. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497
Vancouver
Joshi R, Puri K. Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(1):em0094. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497
AMA
Joshi R, Puri K. Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(1), em0094. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497
Chicago
Joshi, Ritesh, and Kanchan Puri. "Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2022 6 no. 1 (2022): em0094. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497
MLA
Joshi, Ritesh et al. "Biodiversity Conservation: A Preventive Tool for Epidemics and Pandemics". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 6, no. 1, 2022, em0094. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11497

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