COVID-19 related travel restrictions prevented numerous wildlife deaths on roads: A comparative analysis of results from 11 countries
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109076
Abstract: Millions of wild animals are killed annually on roads worldwide. During spring 2020, the volume of road traffic was reduced globally as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. We gathered data on wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC)… read more here.
Keywords: traffic; covid related; related travel; wvc ... See more keywords
COVID-19 Vulnerability Mapping of Asian Countries
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DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.139
Abstract: Abstract Objective: The objective of this study is to map vulnerability of Asian countries to the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 framework for natural hazards, vulnerability is… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability; asian countries; covid vulnerability; mapping asian ... See more keywords
Resilience of countries to COVID-19 correlated with trust
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03358-w
Abstract: We characterized > 150 countries’ resilience to COVID-19 as the nationwide decay rate of daily cases or deaths from peak levels. Resilience to COVID-19 varies by a factor of ~ 40 between countries for cases/capita and ~ 25 for deaths/capita.… read more here.
Keywords: trust; covid correlated; resilience; countries covid ... See more keywords