'@IPBES #PandemicsReport shows we can reduce risk of #pandemics if we reduce man-made global environ. changes. This requires investments in conservation, sustainable use & restoration of ecosystems But costs of prevention are much lower than costs of a pandemic' @SvenjaSchulze68

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“There is no great mystery about the cause of #COVID19 – or any modern pandemic” @PeterDaszak "The same human activities that drive #ClimateChange & #BiodiversityLoss also drive pandemic risk through impacts on our environment" @IPBES #PandemicsReport👉ipbes.net/pandemics
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I don't for a second deny the detrimental impact humanity has had on biology, geology, upper atmospheric chemistry & lakes etc, but I also strongly think we need to focus on zoonosis & vice versa & cross infection among organisms, excluding humans in non-human impacted scenarios.