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Did you know that around 60 per cent of all infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic, as are 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases, in other words they come to us via animals? Zoonoses that emerged or…
Attributable to Executive Director Inger Andersen. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stands in solidarity with the billions of people around the world that are suffering the impact of the global…
Asia and the Pacific winner Sonika Manandhar, software engineer, Chief Technology Officer of Aeoli (Green Energy Mobility); Europe winner Marianna Muntianu, environmental activist, Founder of Plant the Forest; and…
In recent decades, zoonotic diseases–those transferred from animals to humans–have gained international attention. Ebola, avian influenza (or bird flu), H1N1 flu virus (or swine flu), Middle East respiratory…
To help prevent further outbreaks of zoonotic viruses like COVID-19, the illegal wildlife trade and the destruction of habitats must stop. We cannot go back to business as usual. And we will need to rebuild by…
“The coronavirus has turned our world upside down. Countries, societies, families and individuals are affected in so many ways. In the midst of this global crisis we believe that this is also a time for innovation…
Are you stuck in self isolation to help flatten the coronavirus curve? On official quarantine or lockdown? Are you taking on a new role as "home school teacher due to school closures? Here are a few ways to bring…
Interview with Pushpam Kumar, United Nations Environment Programme, Chief Environmental Economist. Within weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, which has since…
Remote diving is the new remote working. Schools, events and activities in so much of the world have come to a standstill in the wake of COVID-19, with little or no movement recommended. But that does not mean we…
Interview with Johannes Refisch, United Nations Great Apes Survival Partnership Programme, Manager and Coordinator Both great ape research and tourism have allowed people to learn about chimpanzees, bonobos,…
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