COVID-19 MAY BE JUST ONE OF THE MANY DEADLY PANDEMICS WITHIN OUR LIFETIME

Increasing pressures on nature from deforestation, illegal wildlife trade and disruptions of entire ecosystems increase the likelihood of future pandemics.

We do not know where the next new disease will emerge or how many people will it affect, but the risk of new zoonotic diseases emerging in the future is higher than ever.

We need to act now and make amends. Individually and collectively we need to forge a stronger and healthier relationship with the natural environment. We need to restore nature because Nature is #TheUltimateVaccine.

#NATURE #THEULTIMATEVACCINE

COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease, which means that it originated in animals before spreading to humans. Over the last 30 years, approximately 60 % - 70 % of the new diseases that emerged in humans had a zoonotic origin!

Environmental factors like trade of high-risk wildlife, land-use change leading to deforestation and destruction of our existing ecosystems drive the emergence of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19.
The world is in a race to find a vaccine for COVID-19.
We did the same for SARS.
For H1N1.
For Ebola.

But what we don't realize is that these are just symptoms of a bigger disease that plagues the world.

It's the illegal trade of wildlife.
It's the increased rate of deforestation.
It's the disruption of the entire eco system.

That's right.

Conserving nature is the cure.
The antidote.

The best way to decrease the risk of future pandemics waiting to break out.
Now is the time for urgent action to build a safer future for people and the planet and you can play your part by:

• Adopt sustainable lifestyles. GIVEUP excess consumption & wastage
• Support conservation of wildlife and their habitats

TAKE ACTION – CONSERVE NATURE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ANOTHER PANDEMIC

Your commitment today will make a positive lasting difference.

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