COVID-19 and civil unrest undoing steady gains in karst conservation and herpetological research in Myanmar, and an impediment to progress

• Main Authors: Quah, Evan Seng Huat, Grismer, Lee L., Wood, Jr., Perry L., Aung Lin, Myint Kyaw Thura
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society 2022
• Subjects: QL605-739.8 Chordates. Vertebrates
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33548/5/COVID-19%20and%20civil%20unrest%20undoing%20steady%20gains%20in%20karst%20conservation%20and%20herpetological%20research%20in%20Myanmar%2C%20and%20an%20impediment%20to%20progress.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33548/7/COVID-19%20and%20civil%20unrest%20undoing%20steady%20gains%20in%20karst%20conservation%20and%20herpetological%20research%20in%20Myanmar%2C%20and%20an%20impediment%20to%20progress%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33548/; https://threatenedtaxa.org/JoTT/article/view/7753/8304; https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7753.14.1.20500-20502

The COVID-19 pandemic and political turmoil in Myanmar has dealt a severe blow to the country’s progress in herpetological research and the protection of limestone habitats. Both afflictions have reversed much of the scientific and conservation gains made in the past decade, and continue to hinder...