just discovered this report by the @IPBES (that has been out for ages) on how human ecological disruption and unsustainable consumption drives pandemic risk - fascinating insights into links between pandemics and environmental degradation: ipbes.net/sites/default/file…
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30 Oct 2020
The @IPBES #PandemicsReport shows that the same human activities driving #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange are also making #pandemics more frequent, more costly and more deadly The Report also shows how we can escape the era of pandemics Read more 👉 ipbes.net/pandemics

IPBES #PandemicsReport

Land-use change; expansion & intensification of agriculture; and unsustainable trade, production and consumption disrupt nature and increase contact between wildlife, livestock, pathogens and people.

May 13, 2021 · 10:31 AM UTC
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