Can we stop another global pandemic?
Podcast |
Sky News Daily
Publisher |
Sky News
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Great Britain
News & Politics
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Dec 01, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:20:51
Four years ago, the United Nations Environment Programme flagged a worldwide increase in zoonotic epidemics - they said it was "an issue of concern".Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from animals to humans.There is now evidence of a strong link between environmental destruction and pandemics, but can we act in time to stop another global disease? To explain how deforestation spreads zoonotic diseases, Dr Rory Gibb, global change ecologist at University College London, joins host Jayne Secker on the Sky News Daily podcast. Executive director of conservation and science at the World Wide Fund for Nature, Mike Barratt, talks through how we can work together to stop it.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Emma Rae WoodhousePodcast producer - Cat SoaveInterviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

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