Des solutions fondées sur la nature pour les populations, la planète et la prospérité

The document argues that the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the critical link between ecosystem health and human health, urging policymakers to adopt nature-based solutions for both pandemic prevention and economic recovery. It recommends ending ecosystem degradation, reforming livestock production, regulating wildlife trade, and ensuring that economic stimulus packages include green conditionalities to avoid further environmental damage.

• Human activities that destroy, degrade, and fragment natural ecosystems increase the risk of zoonotic diseases by transforming natural areas into 'hotspots' for disease emergence. To prevent future pandemics, the authors recommend stopping the loss of natural forests and critical habitats, particularly those driven by commercial agriculture, industrial logging, mining, and fossil fuel extraction.
• The expansion of livestock production and trade, often occurring at the edges of wildlife habitats, increases interactions between humans, livestock, and wild animals, facilitating the spread of zoonoses. The document calls for reforms in animal production, including reducing global meat and dairy consumption and improving veterinary and sanitary standards in supply chains.
• Wildlife trade, including hunting and marketing for human consumption, poses a serious risk of zoonotic spillover. The authors recommend strictly regulating or ending the trade of wild animals, especially live birds and mammals, while ensuring that the traditional hunting rights and food security of indigenous peoples and local communities (PACL) are respected.
• The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse biodiversity gains by disrupting conservation investments, including the management of protected areas and community-based nature tourism. The document warns that the global tourism industry could contract by 25% in 2020, with the African tourism and travel sector potentially losing $50 billion and 2 million jobs.
• Economic recovery plans should avoid loosening environmental regulations and instead implement 'green conditionalities' for corporate bailouts. Transitioning to a nature-positive economy could generate up to $10.1 trillion in new business opportunities and 395 million new jobs by 2030.
• Public subsidies are currently misaligned with nature conservation; for example, only 15% of the $700 billion spent annually on agricultural subsidies go toward public goods, and approximately $22 billion of the $30 billion in public fishing aid is classified as harmful.

APA

World Resources Institute (2020). Des solutions fondées sur la nature pour les populations, la planète et la prospérité. https://files.wri.org/s3fs-public/covid-19-response-recovery-joint-policy-recs-nov9-fr.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Des solutions fondées sur la nature pour les populations, la planète et la prospérité. 2020. https://files.wri.org/s3fs-public/covid-19-response-recovery-joint-policy-recs-nov9-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2020des, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Des solutions fondées sur la nature pour les populations, la planète et la prospérité}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://files.wri.org/s3fs-public/covid-19-response-recovery-joint-policy-recs-nov9-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }