Environment Day & CoronaVirus
Environment Day & CoronaVirus:
•Emergence of new zoonoses >diseases caused by infectious agents shared between people and animals.
•Most are related to environmental imbalance, disruption of biological communities, mobility of people and goods, and climate change.
•COVID-19, the global viral emergency we are currently experiencing, is just the latest example of zoonoses.
•Climate Change plays a role in emergence of zoonoses by altering global temperature, as well as atmospheric and marine currents that enable the spread of infectious agents and vectors. It also releases pathogens stored in polar icecaps, and redefines migratory routes of host species that allow pathogens to escape from their habitats.
•To prevent the emergence of zoonotic diseases, the relationship between humans and nature needs to fundamentally change from being consumers to being interdependent.
•Wild animals venture into anthropized areas ,populated by humans,are exposed to infection by parasites from different hosts and also increase the risk of zoonoses.
•Ways to Prevent Pandemics:
>Coordinate efforts to reduce species loss and conserve large, healthy natural areas.
•Decrease Wildlife Trafficking and Trade, as well as the intensive and poorly managed breeding of wild animals, to stop the spread and transmission of zoonoses.
•Invest in good practices in integrated farming systems, organics and native species production, and local production.
•Worldwide efforts must be made to reduce climate change and its unpredictable impact.
•Emergence of new zoonoses >diseases caused by infectious agents shared between people and animals.
•Most are related to environmental imbalance, disruption of biological communities, mobility of people and goods, and climate change.
•COVID-19, the global viral emergency we are currently experiencing, is just the latest example of zoonoses.
•Climate Change plays a role in emergence of zoonoses by altering global temperature, as well as atmospheric and marine currents that enable the spread of infectious agents and vectors. It also releases pathogens stored in polar icecaps, and redefines migratory routes of host species that allow pathogens to escape from their habitats.
•To prevent the emergence of zoonotic diseases, the relationship between humans and nature needs to fundamentally change from being consumers to being interdependent.
•Wild animals venture into anthropized areas ,populated by humans,are exposed to infection by parasites from different hosts and also increase the risk of zoonoses.
•Ways to Prevent Pandemics:
>Coordinate efforts to reduce species loss and conserve large, healthy natural areas.
•Decrease Wildlife Trafficking and Trade, as well as the intensive and poorly managed breeding of wild animals, to stop the spread and transmission of zoonoses.
•Invest in good practices in integrated farming systems, organics and native species production, and local production.
•Worldwide efforts must be made to reduce climate change and its unpredictable impact.
