Episode 018 - What is the Environment - Pandemic Interface?

How zoonotic viruses are spreading as a result of ecosystem degradation. An interview with Danielle Carnahan. 

In this episode of Environmentality. Danielle Carnahan returns to chat with me about the interface between global pandemics and environmental degradation. Danielle is a  wildlife conservationist and is the founder of an environmental blog called, "Call to Conserve." Danielle has worked extensively with wildlife around the globe and helps walk me through the connection between our treatment of the natural world and the facilitation of pandemics. We chat about how 60% of the diseases humans experience are vectored from animals, and how we can avoid them.

Danielle and I list off a lot of horrific outbreaks that started as a result of humans coming into contact with animals and ecosystems, unsustainable agriculture, deforestation and habitat destruction. Danielle also chats about one main driver in particular, palm oil production. Danielle offers us advice, both large-scale and everyday, on how to prevent the spread of these diseases and how we can better foster a planet that embodies "One Health."

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