Science Daily September 17, 2020
A team of researchers in the US (State University of Michigan, UC Merced) used a new integrated framework to guide socioeconomic-environmental interactions within and across adjacent or distant systems (SDG) synergy and trade-off analysis within and across systems, as influenced by cross-boundary tourism and wildlife translocations. The world’s terrestrial protected areas alone receive approximately 8 billion visits per year. Globally, more than 5000 animal species and 29,000 plant species are traded across country borders, and the wildlife trade has arguably contributed to zoonotic disease worldwide, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. They synthesized 22 cases of tourism and wildlife translocations across six continents and found 33 synergies and 14 trade-offs across spillover systems. The study provides an empirical demonstration of SDG interactions across spillover systems and insights for holistic sustainability governance…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
The cross-boundary tourism and wildlife translocations influence Sustainable Development Goal… Credit: Sustainability 2020, 12(18), 7677