Daten zum Projekt
Initiative: | Globale Herausforderungen |
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Ausschreibung: | Pandemieprävention: die Rolle von Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen |
Bewilligung: | 02.12.2022 |
Laufzeit: | 4 Jahre |
Projektinformationen
The COVID-19 pandemic has put wildlife into the spotlight as potential hosts of infectious bacteria and viruses. One of the proposed responses is stricter biodiversity conservation and wildlife protection. However, these are atomistic approaches and mostly focus on ecological systems with social systems as an afterthought, rather than taking the systemic approach needed for pandemic prevention and addressing zoonotic diseases at the social-ecological interface. The scientists will work with communities involved in wildlife consumption of Tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica) in Mongolia and in wildlife trade of the Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis) in the Philippines. Both are endangered ecological keystone species, which are documented hosts of bacteria and viruses and are often found in territories of indigenous peoples and local communities. Culture is seen as a unifying thread: Eating of Tarbagan marmot is a cultural practice in Mongolia, and the use of pangolin scales as traditional Chinese medicine drives trading of the Philippine pangolin. Therefore, culture will be used as a starting point to understand how human interactions with these two species could increase and, at the same time, mitigate risk of zoonotic diseases and pandemics. Using mixed methods from the social and natural sciences, the project will map past, present, and future cultural practices associated with marmot consumption and pangolin trade, and co-create culturally sensitive zoonosis mitigation plans with societal stakeholders.
Projektbeteiligte
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Prof. Dr. Denise Margaret Matias
Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Eberswalde
Biosphere Reserves Institute
Eberswalde
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Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa
Mongolian State University
of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
School of Economics and Business (SEB)
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolei
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Dr. Jun Cayron
Palawan State University
Social Science
College of Arts and the Humanities
Puerto Princesa
Philippinen