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From human to planetary health: Global land-use impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Description du projet

Protéger les forêts pendant une pandémie

La protection de nos forêts naturelles revêt une importance capitale à l’heure de préserver le bien-être et la santé des êtres humains. Elle peut également prévenir l’apparition des pandémies. La pandémie COVID-19, qui engendre une aggravation du niveau d’urgence en ce qui concerne la santé de la planète, est lourde de conséquences pour nos forêts. Le projet PlanetHealth, financé par l’UE, se penchera sur les effets et les mécanismes de la crise de la COVID-19 sur la dynamique des forêts. Par exemple, les changements au niveau des incitatifs économiques sont mesurés grâce à des cartes d’adéquation des cultures mondiales, aux fluctuations des prix des cultures à l’échelle mondiale et de données d’enquêtes géocodées. Les conclusions du projet apporteront un nouvel éclairage sur l’impact de la COVID-19 sur la déforestation. Les résultats du projet étayeront les stratégies de conservation en étudiant la relation dynamique entre la santé, les chocs mondiaux et les pertes de forêts.

Objectif

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely the most quickly and widely spreading global crisis of our times. Caused by a nature-borne disease, this crisis is introducing a new level of urgency to the global discussion on sustainability and planetary health as illness and death, economic uncertainty and governmental shut-downs reshape agricultural incentives at the global forest margins. PlanetHealth investigates the effects and mechanisms of the COVID-19 crisis on forest dynamics at the global and local level. It combines a global grid-based dataset (5-by-5 km) of high-frequency spatial data on forest outcomes (losses, fires, fragmentation) with spatialized ex-ante COVID-19 exposure measures. Changes in economic incentives across space are measured with global crop suitability maps, global crop price fluctuations, and geocoded survey data to analyze the labor market mechanisms at play. Their effects on natural habitats are expected to be spatially diverse, depending on bio-physical, economic, and political conditions. A channel analysis highlights the transmission effects along industry types (e.g. tourism, services) and household characteristics (e.g. education, female labor participation). PlanetHealth advances the environmental economics sciences by combining geographical and ecological methodologies with quasi-experimental econometric approaches. Relying on modern shift-share designs will allow for a causal quantification and spatialization of COVID-19 impacts on deforestation. Protecting the worlds’ natural forests becomes increasingly valuable as a strategy to safeguard human well-being and health. PlanetHealth will inform such conservation strategies by investigating the dynamic relationship between health, global shocks, and forest losses. Understanding the heterogeneous pathways will generate valuable information for stakeholders who aim to mitigate the environmental effects of the current pandemic and to identify the strategies for tackling future crises.

Coordinateur

GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN STIFTUNG OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 264 669,12
Adresse
Wilhelmsplatz 1
37073 Gottingen
Allemagne

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Région
Niedersachsen Braunschweig Göttingen
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Autres sources de financement
€ 0,00

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