The critical conditions are:

◦ Land-use change, which results in the loss and degradation of nature

◦ Intensification and expansion of agriculture and animal production to meet the increasing demand for animal protein worldwide, and

◦ Exploitation of wildlife including the sale and consumption of high-risk live wild animals.

It’s not enough to take only a health or economic lens on the issue, we have to include our impact on nature in our solutions.

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WWF is not an organisation that is expert in the study of disease, but we do understand nature.

If we end the trade in live wild animals, stop the incursion into tropical forests and degradation of forests and other natural habitats, and effectively regulate the farming, transport, sale and use of live animals, both wild and domestic, we can significantly decrease the risk and virulence of another pandemic.

By acting fast and working with governments, business and individuals we can reduce the probability and severity of the emergence of these diseases, particularly those that can spill over to humans from animals and cause pandemics such as the one we are currently experiencing.

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