Ways coronavirus has shown us what happens when we work together to fix the environment.

1. Coronavirus,
hidden hope.

2. Wildlife Returning, How?
• Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic wildlife has been able
to prosper.
• The global wildlife trade has come to almost complete stop, declines
in the live animal markets.
• With privacy, some zoos are using this as an opportunity to allow
animals to breed, notably, in Ocean Park Hong Kong where Ying
Ying, local panda, was able to naturally mate.
• Wildlife has the opportunity to literally go wild and roam, India has
seen a spike in Olive Ridley sea turtles thanks to the beach being
baren.

3. Moving Forward, Protecting Wild Life
• Some of the trends we are seeing are not good for all species on our
planet, but we are also seeing benefits for our fuzzy and not-so fuzzy
friends.
• Making sure we reserve and preserve the environment for animals to
roam and prosper, keeping in mind not to destroy their homes.
• Switching over from mining and coal to green alternatives so we
don’t have to destroy the ecosystem to fuel and power our vehicles
and homes.

4. Benefits
• Food security
• Preserving the land gives us more economic opportunities.
• Protecting our health since more then 50 percent of our
medicines come from animals.

5. Clarification
• The views expressed in this PowerPoint do not mean that MCP
thinks coronavirus is good and to let it keep happening, this is
just an example of what can be accomplished if we work
together.
• Continue to follow social distancing, quarantine, and hygienic
practices to reduce the spread of the virus.
• We are all in this together.

6. Sources
• Moulds, Josephine. "5 ways the coronavirus is affecting animals
around the
world." World Economic Forum, 7 Apr. 2020,
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/
coronavirus-animals-wildlife-biodiversity-tiger-boar-pandas-zoos/.
Accessed
12 May 2020.
• Qutab, Marina. "How Saving Wildlife Benefits Humans – In Ways We
Really Need."
One Green Planet, 2017, www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/
how-wildlife-conservation-benefits-people/.