‘ Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, intensive farming, mining and infrastructure development, as well as the exploitation of wild species have created a “perfect storm” for the spillover of diseases.’ 6
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Professors Josef Settele, Sandra Díaz, Eduardo Brondizio and Dr. Peter Daszak, lead authors of the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, April 2020
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Above: 14 February 2018, Bangkok, Thailand: A man wears a face mask. ©Chanklang Kanthong/Greenpeace 12 June 2020, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil: Indigenous Primary Care Unit (UAPI). ©Christian Braga/Greenpeace
‘ [US] health researchers now have been strictly forbidden from factoring in the environmental impact of food. The involvement of the Department of Agriculture in issuing health guidelines has always opened such recommendations up to being conflicted, but excluding the health impacts of climate change now makes any guidelines meaningless. The duality is simply obsolete; what is bad for the planet is bad for you.’7 James Hamblin, The Atlantic, October 2019
