Annual costs of preventing future pandemics from wildlife are tiny compared with costs of the Covid-19 crisis

$11.5tn

Total coronavirus damages

(lost GDP + mortality costs)

$26.6bn

Annual prevention costs

central estimates, detail below

$230m

Reducing disease spillovers

from wildlife

Enlarged

detail

$19.4bn

Ending wild

meat trade

in China

$664m

Reducing disease

spillover via

livestock

$500m

Monitoring

wildlife trade

$248m

Early disease

detection and

control

$5.6bn

Reducing tropical

deforestation by

40% in most

critical regions

$26.6bn

$230m

Reducing disease spillovers

from wildlife

Enlarged

detail

Annual prevention costs

central estimates, detail right

$19.4bn

Ending wild

meat trade

in China

$664m

Reducing disease

spillover via

livestock

$500m

Monitoring

wildlife trade

$248m

Early disease

detection and

control

$5.6bn

Reducing tropical

deforestation by

40% in most

critical regions

$11.5tn

Total coronavirus damages

(lost GDP + mortality costs)