COVID-Clarity demands unification of health and environmental policy.
Glob Chang Biol
; 27(7): 1319-1321, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1052282
ABSTRACT
Spillover of novel pathogens from wildlife to people, such as the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is increasing and this trend is most strongly associated with tropical deforestation driven by agricultural expansion. This same process is eroding natural capital, reducing forest-associated health co-benefits, and accelerating climate change. Protecting and promoting tropical forests is one of the most immediate steps we can take to simultaneously mitigate climate change while reducing the risk of future pandemics; however, success in this undertaking will require greater connectivity of policy initiatives from local to global, as well as unification of health and environmental policy.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Environmental Policy
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Glob Chang Biol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Gcb.15508
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