Biodiversité

Zoonotic viruses infect people directly most often when they handle live primates, bats, and other wildlife (or their meat) or indirectly from farm animals such as chickens and pigs. The risks are higher than ever (2, 3) as increasingly intimate associations between humans and wildlife disease reservoirs accelerate the potential for viruses to spread globally. Here, we assess the cost of monitoring and preventing disease spillover driven by the unprecedented loss and fragmentation of tropical forests and by the burgeoning wildlife trade.

The CITES capacity building programme offers support to developing country Parties to sustainably manage and conserve their wildlife based on solid scientific information and legal requirements.

This article highlights the outcomes of projects supported by the European Union, and in particular through the partnership of UNEP and the European Commission (EC) under the ENRTP-GPGC Cooperation Agreement.

Recipient countries, the donors and the Secretariat work together to enable all Parties to meet their international obligations under CITES, and this allows them to participate in the global economy while meeting other international commitments such as the SDGs.