Amidst the COVID19 pandemic, the fragility of our way of life and the challenges and opportunities for nature conservation, food security, energy supply and health care are more apparent than ever.
In our #Connect2Earth Global Health Talks interview series, scientists and experts will address the causes of pandemics like COVID-19 and reveal how we can prevent future ones from occurring.
Stay tuned for our first episode premiering on 7 April, 12 pm GMT on this page and on YouTube!
Episode 1: Preventing pandemics with global nature protection
Guest Speaker:
Dr Peter Daszak is a British zoologist, researcher and expert on disease ecology, in particular on zoonosis - diseases that are transmissible from animal to person and from person to animal.
Moderators:
Marco Vollmar - Executive Communications Director, WWF Germany
Alice Ruhweza - Africa Region Director, WWF International
Connect2Earth is part of the project “Scaling up Biodiversity Communication”, supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety with funding from the International Climate Initiative (IKI)
