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The Webinar "Using Environmental Law Tools Address Global Pandemics in the Americas" exploredÌýtheÌýrole of environmental law to prevent global health pandemics.Ìý

The Ìýevent, co-chaired by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-WCEL Steering Committee Members, Professor ±·¾±³¦³ó´Ç±ô²¹²õÌýµþ°ù²â²Ô±ð°ù and Claudia de Windt, incorporated the leading voices ofÌýAna María Hernández,ÌýChair of theÌýIntergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Yovana Murillo, Wildlife Trade Andean Coordinator for Wildlife Conservation Society, Ricardo Lorenzetti, Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina, and Elvis Rodas, Minister of Environment of Honduras and Pro-Tempore Chair of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD) of the Central American Integration System (SICA).

Webinar PanelistsÌýfocused on factors related to enforcement of environmental law that have influenced the natural evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists analyzed regional responses within the framework of the environmental rule of law and considered how environmental law serves as a tool to prevent future pandemics. They concluded thatÌýeffective implementation of wildlife trade legislation is necessary toÌýachieve healthy ecosystems.

The Panelist presentations are available here:

• At a crossroads of Human Ecosystems, Species and Planet HealthÌý(Ana Maria Hernandez)

• Wildlife trafficking and the pandemic, ideas to rethink our relationship with natureÌý(Yovana Murillo)

• Environmental Rule of Law, Concepts and ResponsesÌý(Ricardo Lorenzetti)

• On Pathway to Green Reconstruction: Policy tools to Avert the Next PandemicÌý(Elvis Rodas)

A full recording if the Webinar is available here:

WCEL is grateful to for the collaboration in this effort.

For more information about this webinar, as well as future webinars in the series, please visit the WCEL Webinar Series page.Ìý