Three lessons conservation science can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic

Rachel T Buxton; Jordanna N Bergman; Hsien-Yung Lin; Allison D Binley; Stephanie Avery-Gomm; Richard Schuster; Dominique G Roche; Joseph R Bennett

doi:10.1111/cobi.13652

Three lessons conservation science can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic

Conserv Biol. 2020 Dec;34(6):1331-1332. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13652. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Authors

Rachel T Buxton¹, Jordanna N Bergman¹, Hsien-Yung Lin¹, Allison D Binley¹, Stephanie Avery-Gomm², Richard Schuster¹, Dominique G Roche¹, Joseph R Bennett¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada.
² Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada.

Abstract

Article impact statement: COVID-19 has demonstrated the need to optimize research activity, convey the gravity of loss, and reevaluate merit in conservation science.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Conservation of Natural Resources
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Science*