How will the health and economic impacts of coronavirus affect the attitude of governments and publics to the illegal wildlife trade
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
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Related UKRI funded projects
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New Ways to Improve the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES): exchanging knowledge to protect wildlife and public health
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The project aims to explore the impacts of the illegal wildlife trade on public health and welfare, which is directly relevant to the question.
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BEaStly Business: Examining the illegal trade in Bears, Eels and Songbirds
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Why might this be relevant?
The project examines the illegal wildlife trade in European species, which is indirectly related to the question.
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GCRF_NF94: Identifying and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on legal and sustainable wildlife trade in LMICs
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Why might this be relevant?
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