S1E15: Can raised awareness of Covid-19 help end Asia's wildlife markets? - Green Pulse Ep 15
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Green Pulse Ep 15: Can raised awareness of Covid-19 help end
Asia's wildlife markets?
11:20 mins
Synopsis: Green Pulse is an environmental podcast series at The
Straits Times which analyses the beat of the changing
environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate
change.
This month, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan chats with
Mr Rohit Singh, zero poaching lead at the World Wild Fund for
Nature (WWF) Singapore, on wildlife markets and their link with
zoonotic diseases.
In December, a string of pneumonia-linked cases caused by a
mystery virus sprang up in Wuhan, China. Preliminary studies
showed that bats were likely a natural reservoir for the virus.
Scientists are still studying how the virus made the “jump” to
humans, but wild animal markets have been implicated in the
process as the first cases of the new Covid-19 coronavirus were
workers at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, which also sold
wild animals.
The Chinese government has since introduced a temporary ban on
wildlife markets in China, but environmental advocates are
calling for the ban to be made permanent.
Tune in to this episode to find out what these markets are like
in the rest of Asia, their link to the emergence of new
infectious diseases, and what can be done to prevent them
Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg)
& David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg) & Ernest
Luis
Edited by: Adam Azlee
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