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All Stories for World Environment
World Environment Day 2020: To prevent future pandemics, it is important to bridge the human—animal health divide
Undark • 5 years agoVeterinarians, as well as wildlife biologists, livestock farmers, and zookeepers, remain an untapped resource for combatting diseases that threaten people.
World Environment Day 2020: Bats are not the enemy in the fight against the novel Coronavirus
Mongabay India • 5 years agoOversimplification of scientific facts and misinterpretations have triggered a backlash against bats, prompting biologists to clear the air on bat-borne viruses.
World Environment Day 2020: Tigers are threatened by a nearly 24,000 kilometers network of planned roads across Asia
Mongabay • 5 years agoThe explosion of new roads is driven in part by the global development strategies such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
World Environment Day 2020: Cleaning India’s air pollution — damned if we do, damned if we don’t?
Chiragd • 5 years agoAir pollution causes respiratory problems. Ironically, so might a too-rapid pollution clean up.
World Environment Day 2020: Blue Acceleration — Human's dash for ocean resources mirrors what we’ve done to the land
• 5 years agoThe burdens on ocean ecosystems is growing, and we simply don’t know as much about these ecosystems as we would like.
World Environment Day 2020: How natural habitat destruction can fuel zoonotic diseases like COVID-19
Mongabay India • 5 years agoExperts have found links to the emergence of viruses like Nipah, Lassa, Hendra, COVID-19, HIV, and others to deforestation.