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Article: Want to Stop the Next Pandemic? Start Protecting Wildlife Habitats
There are four critical facets of pandemic prevention, according to Lee Hannah, senior scientist at Conservation International. Three of them make immediate sense against the backdrop of our current emergency: stockpile masks and respirators; have testing infrastructure ready; and ban the global wildlife trade, including the open animal markets where COVID-19 may have first infected people.…
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Article: The Coronavirus Connection
Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change—and Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of the destruction.By Covering Climate NowMarch 18, 2020 https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/coronavirus-indigenous-peoples/
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Video: How nature can protect us from pandemics
In this video, Bernard Bett discusses the delicate relationship between humans, wildlife and the pathogens that circulate among them in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. UN Environment Programme https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/video/how-nature-can-protect-us-pandemics
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Article: How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics
World Economic Forum article: How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/biodiversity-loss-is-hurting-our-ability-to-prepare-for-pandemics/
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Article: When Confronting a Pandemic, We Must Save Nature to Save Ourselves
When Confronting a Pandemic, We Must Save Nature to Save Ourselves https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2020/04/20/483455/confronting-pandemic-must-save-nature-save/
