How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation

Name: How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation
Uploaded: 2023-12-05T15:58:16Z
Duration: 9 min 53 s
Description: Clearing tropical forests isn't just dangerous to the natural world — it's also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how environmental devastation led to deadly epidemics like Ebola, he presents three ways deforestation unleashes disease and calls on each of us to help preserve the delicate ecological balance we depend upon.

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Neil Vora |

TED Countdown Summit

• July 2023

Clearing tropical forests isn't just dangerous to the natural world — it's also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how environmental devastation led to deadly epidemics like Ebola, he presents three ways deforestation unleashes disease and calls on each of us to help preserve the delicate ecological balance we depend upon.