Gillespie, T;
Jones, K;
Dobson, A;
Clennon, JA;
Pascal, M;
(2021)
COVID-Clarity demands unification of health and environmental policy.
Global Change Biology
, 27
(7)
pp. 1319-1321.
10.1111/gcb.15508.
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Abstract
Spillover of novel pathogens from wildlife to people, such as the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is increasing and this trend is most strongly associated with tropical deforestation driven by agricultural expansion. This same process is eroding natural capital, reducing forest-associated health co-benefits, and accelerating climate change. Protecting and promoting tropical forests is one of the most immediate steps we can take to simultaneously mitigate climate change while reducing the risk of future pandemics; however, success in this undertaking will require greater connectivity of policy initiatives from local to global, as well as unification of health and environmental policy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | COVID-Clarity demands unification of health and environmental policy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/gcb.15508 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15508 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10118635 |
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