Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Pandemics - 9780367692957

Taylor & Francis

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global PandemicsBiodiversity and Planetary Health Beyond Covid-19\nAuthor(s): Ngozi Finette Unuigbe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367692957, 978-0367692957\nSynopsis\nThis book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics. \n\nThe reduction of species diversity has increased the risk of global pandemics and it is therefore not only imperative to articulate and disseminate knowledge on the linkages between human activities and the transmission of viruses to humans, but also to create policy pathways for operationalizing that knowledge to help solve future problems. Although this book has been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it lays a policy foundation for the effective management or possible prevention of similar pandemics in the future. One effective way of establishing this linkage .