Covid recovery could ‘tip the balance’ for nature Environmental scientists

Covid recovery could ‘tip the balance’ for nature 

Environmental scientists have called for the conservation of nature to be at the centre of the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

With countries still ensnared by the crisis, scientists have urged governments to make plans that “safeguard biodiversity and human health” as they rebuild.

“How we emerge from lockdowns,” they say, “will drive a new world economy.”

This is likely to have lasting effects on global biodiversity, the Australian authors argue