Will climate change amplify epidemics and give rise to pandemics? | Science science.org/doi/full/10.11…

In response to the Revision 2 text, the PPATS coalition, WCS 💚, FOUR PAWS, and signatories call on member states to safeguard language addressing primary prevention and One Health in the Political Declaration of the UNGA High-level Meeting on PPPR.
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At the launch of the #naturecrimealliance today in Vancouver at the #GEFassembly2O23 WCS‘s @JoeWalston: Let’s not forget that the next #pandemic is likely to be caused by nature crime.”

Just out: #OFFLU statement about high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 risk for #Antarctica , which is home to more than 100 million breeding #seabirds , 6 species of #pinnipeds and 17 species of #cetaceans . The impact could be immense. #vogelgriep
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Concerning news from Sakhalin in Russia. Numerous seal carcassess surrounded by bird carcasses reported.
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The The Washington Post published in Nov 2022 an editorial based on a non peer-reviewed report claiming to have found evidence that China was hiding data on early Covid-19 cases.

Here, I show that a critical point in the analysis is based on an error ▫️1/
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I was certain that an incredible long-form article would be written, eviscerating the utter Lab Leak nonsense spewed on a daily basis from people (incl. scientists) who should know better.

I did *not* think it would be in Quillette, but 👇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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#Thailand seized 1.4tonnes of #pangolin scales - the truck with the scales was reportedly heading out of the country, near the Laos border. Two men confessed to being paid to transport the scales.
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In Thai: thaipbs.or.th/news/content/3…

Great study from colleagues WCS 💚 . Restoring the integrity of degraded forests is a critical part of biosphere recovery.

It is the only way

New #WCSWildAudio podcast:

S3 E4: This #WorldLionDay , the King of the Jungle Is Vulnerable, but WCS Has a Strategy for Recovery

Luke Hunter discusses how these majestic #bigcats are faring. Learn how @WCS_Uganda works to protect them.

Listen: apple.co/3ORiiTM #lion

And here conservation impacts of LSD at the livestock-wildlife interfaces documented in Cambodia by WCS 💚 and colleagues: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #conservation

#ClimateChange is exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions

We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes

We are taking Earth’s climate way beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide and temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years

While we see discussions about investing billions in response to outbreaks, we continue to have a blind spot for early warning and prevention focussed initiatives. Read the worrisome downfall of PROMED. Of course things should not depend on a single person science.org/content/articl…

My politics is that FDR would prefer a waterfront park named after him instead of a waterfront highway.

And has the added benefit of protecting critical #biodiversity and mitigating the threat of a future #pandemic using a #onehealth approach

„It is clear that current conditions on the majority of farms cannot prevent bird access and much more rigorous biosecurity measures would have to be put in place at the industry level to eliminate these risks“ #hpai #OneHealth #HPAI

Congrats for this huge effort on gathering and sharing readily usable data on #HPAI outbreaks in birds. #FAIRdata is critical in facilitating effective research and decision-making to combat the impact of epidemics. #OneHealth

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