COVID-19, wet markets, and planetary health. / Petrikova, Ivica; Cole, Jennifer; Farlow, Andrew.
In: The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol. 4, No. 6, 01.06.2020, p. E213-E214.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
COVID-19, wet markets, and planetary health. / Petrikova, Ivica; Cole, Jennifer; Farlow, Andrew.
In: The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol. 4, No. 6, 01.06.2020, p. E213-E214.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - COVID-19, wet markets, and planetary health
AU - Petrikova, Ivica
AU - Cole, Jennifer
AU - Farlow, Andrew
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Wet markets provide an important source of protein to populations in low-income regions and the food systems in which such markets are embedded. They are more environmentally sustainable than industrial food systems. from the perspective of planetary health, which draws a connection between the health of humans and their environment, engaging in small-scale animal husbandry—of which live-animal markets often form a part—while reducing global meat consumption and more rigorously enforcing a ban on illegal wildlife trade would be beneficial than phasing out wet markets entirely.
AB - Wet markets provide an important source of protein to populations in low-income regions and the food systems in which such markets are embedded. They are more environmentally sustainable than industrial food systems. from the perspective of planetary health, which draws a connection between the health of humans and their environment, engaging in small-scale animal husbandry—of which live-animal markets often form a part—while reducing global meat consumption and more rigorously enforcing a ban on illegal wildlife trade would be beneficial than phasing out wet markets entirely.
KW - COVID19
KW - Climate change
KW - Poultry
KW - Infectious disease
KW - Planetary health
U2 - 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30122-4
DO - 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30122-4
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - E213-E214
JO - The Lancet Planetary Health
JF - The Lancet Planetary Health
IS - 6
ER -