Wildlife trade bans not the only option to reduce pandemic risk

Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
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New Griffith University-led research suggests thatexisting systems forfood safety,rather thanbroad, untargetedbans onwildlifetradearekeyto preventingthe next pandemic. Published inLancet Planetary Health, with co-authors from the International Union for Conservation of Nature WildlifeHealth Specialist Group andTRAFFIC, an NGO focused on wildlife trade. The research, led byDr Duan Biggsfrom theCentre for Planetary Health and Food Securityargues that a solution […]