COVID-19 Threatens Endangered Species in Southeast Asia
There seems to be several good
news about the environmental improvement and the animals moving freely during
the lockdown; however, this is just a single picture of the whole picture.
COVID-19 and the lockdown create more pressure on local community who depends on forest and the visit of
tourists. Without economic driven for daily livelihood , the wildlife crime is
more likely to happen. For example, the protected areas of remote northern
Cambodia where the giant ibis were killed are home to some of the most unique
assemblages of endangered birds anywhere in the region was occurred during this
lockdown.
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