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

  • The increasing frequency of disease outbreaks is linked to climate change and biodiversity loss.
  • The past 20 years of contained outbreaks may have led to complacency.
  • New technologies offer hope in the search for countermeasures – but protecting the natural world must play a part, too.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/biodiversity-loss-is-hurting-our-ability-to-prepare-for-pandemics/

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