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Primum non nocere —first do no harm—is a familiar idiom in medicine and valuable advice for those involved in planning and undertaking intensive conservation interventions in conservation emergencies such as Australia's bushfires. The risk of introducing or amplifying infectious disease to a threatened species in such interventions is real, and effective mitigation of this risk demands its prioritization in emergency conservation responses.
Southern and eastern Australia have experienced bushfires of unprecedented scale and intensity since September 2019 (Nolan et al. 2020), raising legitimate concern for survival of wildlife populations and species. Governmental and nongovernmental agencies are implementing or considering emergency conservation interventions to improve survival probability of species affected by bushfire.
Peters, A., Meredith, A., Skerratt, L., Carver, S. and Raidal, S. (2020), Infectious disease and emergency conservation interventions. Conservation Biology, 34: 784-785. doi:10.1111/cobi.13558
Cet article revient sur les réactions d'urgences, interventions de protection de la nature, en situation de catastrophes telles que les feus géants en Australie l'été dernier, et leurs éventuels impacts négatifs.