Covid-19 : Blessing or curse on biodiversity ?
Mankind is going through a complete unprecedented phase in a world of rapidly spreading Covid19 pandemic. With the death tolls increasing everyday by thousands and the socio-economic condition nationwide and abroad being broken, nature has chosen to take actions. Leaving aside the fear for our own health, and that of our loved ones and also those who are most vulnerable, we must not overshadow the most striking observation that in the span of a few weeks, nature has stroked back on the crisis of dangerous decline in biodiversity. Like the other major epidemics like Ebola, SARS ,the emergence of the coronavirus is not unrelated with climate change, biodiversity and animal health we are experiencing. Humankind is destroying natural environments at an accelerating rate between 1980 and 2000, more than million hectares of tropical forest were felled, and more than 85% of wetlands have been destroyed from the beginning of industrial era. As a