Feedbacks from human health to household reliance on natural resources during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fiorella, Kathryn J.; Coffin-Schmitt, Jeanne; Gaynor, Kaitlyn M.; Gregory, G.; Rasolofoson, Ranaivo; Seto, Katherine

doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30199-6

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“…This may include promoting production of nutrient-rich aquatic foods for household consumption to reduce food and nutrition insecurity in the face of shocks. Capture fisheries can play an important safety valve function during shocks such as COVID-19 but are vulnerable to particularly heavy exploitation during such events [15] , [48] . Fisheries should be accorded higher priority in development planning processes because of their importance for livelihoods and food and nutrition security.…”

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COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a shock affecting all areas of the global food system. We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs during 2020, using a high frequency longitudinal survey of 768 respondents in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Nigeria. We found the following: (1) Aquatic food value chains were severely disrupted but most effects on the availability and accessibility of aquatic foods and production inputs were short-lived. (2) Impacts on demand for aquatic foods, production inputs, and labor have been longer lasting than impacts on their supply. (3) Retail prices of aquatic foods spiked briefly during March-May 2020 but trended down thereafter, whereas prices of production inputs rose. These trends suggest a deepening ‘squeeze’ on the financial viability of producers and other value chain actors. (4) Survey respondents adapted to the challenges of COVID-19 by reducing production costs, sourcing alternative inputs, diversifying business activities, leveraging social capital, borrowing, seeking alternative employment, and reducing food consumption. Many of these coping strategies are likely to undermine well-being and longer-term resilience, but we also find some evidence of proactive strategies with potential to strengthen business performance. Global production of aquatic food likely contracted significantly in 2020. The importance of aquatic food value chains in supporting livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Asia and Africa makes their revitalization essential in the context of COVID-19 recovery efforts. We outline immediate and longer-term policies and interventions to support this goal.

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COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

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“… 33 This has strained ties between relatives and also between residents of local communities. 34 , 35 This will lead to an increase in the number of unidentified bodies and missing individuals in the future. 35 In our opinion, it is important in this situation to construct a database of dental images and records obtained during routine dental check-ups as a social service to be used in digital PI method.…”

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Possibilities and challenges in digital personal identification using teledentistry based on integration of telecommunication and dental information: a narrative review

Matsuda

Yoshimura

2022

J Int Med Res

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Personal identification using dental evidence is decisive in the case of unidentified bodies because dental features, including decayed, missing and filled teeth, are unique to every individual. This review explored the possibilities and problems associated with personal identification through digital methods by the integration of telecommunications and dentistry, also known as teledentistry. Establishment of a global, objective personal identification method using dental evidence through teledentistry is desirable. However, the review reports that there are various problems that need to be resolved first, in aspects such as changes in dentition over time, technology, individual privacy and ethics. It is suggested that solving such problems and constructing a worldwide dental database for personal identification from dental images, using teledentistry, as part of social services, is a new challenge for researchers in forensic odontology and dentistry.

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“…From a hazard perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic has again illustrated the consequential impacts of human exploitation of natural resources on human health (Fiorella et al 2020 ), fundamentally the imbalance between “Earth health” and human health. In the context of sustainable natural resources management and ecosystem restoration, back in 2004, we called for a Dual Health Model that combines Earth health and human-health (Shi et al 2004 ).…”

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Coordination and Cooperation are Essential: A Call for a Global Network to Enhance Integrated Human Health Risk Resilience Based on China’s COVID-19 Pandemic Coping Practice

Sun

Liu

et al. 2021

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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More than a year after its appearance and still rampant around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted tragically how poorly the world is prepared to handle systemic risks in an increasingly hyper-connected global social-ecological system. The absence or clear inadequacy of global governance arrangements and mechanisms is painfully distinct and obvious. In this short article, we summarize a set of COVID-19 pandemic-related analyses and lessons that are inspired by Chinese practice. First, strong government response is one of the most important methods to control a pandemic. Second, countries should be concerned about human-to-frozen goods-to-human transmission. Third, sharing resources and experiences through cooperation is crucial to ensure an adequate health response. Based on these insights, we stress the critical importance of coordination and cooperation, and call for a global network to enhance integrated human health risk resilience.

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Feedbacks from human health to household reliance on natural resources during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

Possibilities and challenges in digital personal identification using teledentistry based on integration of telecommunication and dental information: a narrative review

Coordination and Cooperation are Essential: A Call for a Global Network to Enhance Integrated Human Health Risk Resilience Based on China’s COVID-19 Pandemic Coping Practice

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