The Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JEET), throughout its 15 years of existence, has tried to provide a respected outlet for scientific knowledge concerning the inextricable links between human societies and nature, food, and health. Ethnobiology and ethnomedicine-centred research has moved at the (partially artificial and fictitious) interface between nature and culture and has investigated human consumption of wild foods and wild animals, as well as the use of wild animals or their parts for medicinal and other purposes, along with the associated knowledge, skills, practices, and beliefs. Little attention has been paid, however, to the complex interplay of social and cultural reasons behind the increasing pressure on wildlife. The available literature suggest that there are two main drivers that enhance the necessary conditions for infectious diseases to cross the species barrier from wild animals to humans: (1) the encroachment of human activities (e.g., logging, mining, agricultural expansion) into wild areas and forests and consequent ecological disruptions; and, connected to the former, (2) the commodification of wild animals (and natural resources in general) and an expanding demand and market for wild meat and live wild animals, particularly in tropical and sub-tropical areas. In particular, a crucial role may have been played by the bushmeat-euphoria and attached elitist gastronomies and conspicuous consumption phenomena. The COVID-19 pandemic will likely require ethnobiologists to reschedule research agendas and to envision new epistemological trajectories aimed at more effectively mitigating the mismanagement of natural resources that ultimately threats our and other beings' existence.

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我盘子里的小穿山甲：从 COVID-19 大流行中可以吸取的教训。


《民族生物学和民族医学杂志》(JEET) 成立 15 年以来，一直致力于为有关人类社会与自然、食品和健康之间密不可分的联系的科学知识提供一个受人尊敬的渠道。民族生物学和以民族医学为中心的研究已转向自然与文化之间（部分人为和虚构的）界面，并调查了人类对野生食物和野生动物的消费，以及将野生动物或其部位用于药用和其他目的，以及相关的知识、技能、实践和信仰。然而，人们很少关注野生动物承受的压力日益增大背后的社会和文化原因之间复杂的相互作用。现有文献表明，有两个主要驱动因素增强了传染病跨越物种屏障从野生动物传播到人类的必要条件：（1）人类活动（例如伐木、采矿、农业扩张）侵入野生地区森林和随之而来的生态破坏；与前者相关的是，(2) 野生动物（以及一般自然资源）的商品化以及对野生肉和活体野生动物的需求和市场的不断扩大，特别是在热带和亚热带地区。特别是，对丛林肉的狂热以及附属的精英美食和炫耀性消费现象可能发挥了至关重要的作用。 COVID-19大流行可能需要民族生物学家重新安排研究议程，并设想新的认识论轨迹，旨在更有效地减轻对自然资源的管理不善，最终威胁我们和其他生物的生存。