{"id":27173,"date":"2022-12-14t20:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-14t20:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.planetforward.com\/2022\/12\/14\/policy-perspectives-stopping-threats-to-biodiversity-one-amphibian-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21t14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21t14:53:03","slug":"biodiversity-threat-amphibians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/biodiversity-threat-amphibians\/","title":{"rendered":"policy perspectives | stopping threats to biodiversity one amphibian at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
while covid-19 may be the most familiar disease at the moment, beware of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n the highly infectious fungal pathogen<\/a> known to target and kill amphibians poses no direct threat to humans; however, its detrimental effects on biodiversity warrant immense concern. bd<\/em> and similar diseases, like batrachochytrium <\/em>salamandrivoran<\/em>s (bsal)<\/em>, contribute to a pressing global biodiversity problem. they serve as fuel for additional policy initiatives needed to mitigate these deadly fungi but also target the loss of biodiversity at local, national, and international levels spanning wild, rural, and urban interfaces. there is no \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d solution to these issues. therefore, several policy changes are needed to prevent the spread of bd<\/em> and similar infectious diseases and help combat the threat of a loss of biodiversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n according to professor of biology at university of maryland, college park, and self-proclaimed \u201canimal lover,\u201d karen lips, ph.d., \u201cbd<\/em> infects over 700 species across three orders of vertebrates, causes species extinctions, mass mortality events and precipitous and persistent population declines where it has invaded.\u201d lips has spent her life tracking bd<\/em>\u2019s impact<\/a> on frogs throughout central america in countries like costa rica and panama. <\/p>\n\n\nan unlikely disappearance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n