UN biodiversity chief calls for a ban on wildlife markets

To prevent pandemics in the future, the United Nations’ biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets. While speaking to British publication The Guardian Elizabeth Maruma Mrema shared that wet markets that sell live and dead animals for human consumption must be banned. She also cautioned that it could have unintended consequences on communities that depend on wild animals to sustain livelihood. She suggests finding alternatives for those communities and close the hole of illegal trade in the future.