'Promiscuous treatment of nature' will lead to more pandemics – scientists
by Jonathan Watts Global environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#53521)
Habitat destruction forces wildlife into human environments, where new diseases flourish
Humanity's promiscuous treatment of nature" needs to change or there will be more deadly pandemics such as Covid-19, warn scientists who have analysed the link between viruses, wildlife and habitat destruction.
Deforestation and other forms of land conversion are driving exotic species out of their evolutionary niches and into manmade environments, where they interact and breed new strains of disease, the experts say.
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