How has the current situation helped the planet?

How the coronavirus has helped the environment

The reduction of greenhouse gases or the reduction of illegal trafficking in wildlife are some of the examples that can be accounted for of the benefits that the coronavirus pandemic that the world is currently facing is leaving for the environment.

Coronavirus is a serious human health and safety problem, but as individuals, businesses, and governments are changing their daily behaviors and patterns to contain (or avoid) the virus, there have also been environmental effects that are being unexpectedly beneficial.

The 'braking' to which the industries of giants like China have been forced as a result of the pandemic, the reduction in the number and frequency of flights between many destinations around the world, or the suspension of large concentrations and sporting, social events and cultural, as well as the precautions to which citizens are submitting in their private movements, is bringing as a consequence a clear drop in the level of emissions of polluting gases.

The quarantine in some countries like Italy, which has made the streets remain alone, and has led to the return of animals. In Venice, the water in the canals looks much clearer due to the lack of tourists and gondola traffic. Its calm has allowed schools of fish of various species to emerge from their hiding places. In addition, it has increased the number of swans traveling the pipes.