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News
- 11 May 2021
Forest-dwellers, global community must address tropical wildlife hunting risks
Food security, human health, species and ecosystems under threat
News
- 14 Apr 2021
Rethink diet-land use connections to prevent future pandemics, scientist says
Terry Sunderland on CBC radio's "The Current"
News
- 27 Aug 2020
Pressure on forests from unhealthy diets may increase spread of viruses, scientist says
Food production destroying critical green buffer
Analysis
- 5 May 2020
Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blueprint for a healthy planet
Robert Nasi and Tony Simons detail four steps
Analysis
- 17 Apr 2020
COVID-19 pandemic: How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’ when animals disappear
Nature abhors a vacuum
DG’s Column
- 30 Mar 2020
COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers
Lack of access to wild meat could result in hunger and malnutrition for local and Indigenous communities
News
- 9 Jan 2020
Human deforestation activities link bats to Ebola outbreaks
Suspected Ebola carriers often thrive in clearings or on forest fringes
News
- 17 May 2018
Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak
Biogeographical mapping is proving successful in detecting outbreak-prone regions for the deadly disease
News
- 14 Nov 2017
Ebola outbreaks linked to forest loss
Scientists track disease to edge of newly cleared forests
News
- 14 Nov 2017
Ebola outbreaks linked to forest loss
News
- 7 Jun 2016
Mapping Ebola
Analysis
- 4 Sep 2015
The forest detectives: Searching for proof about forests and disease
Research suggest forest fragmentation increases the likelihoods of Emerging Infectious Diseases being transmitted to humans.
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