Today the Earth Day 2020 is being celebrated all over the world digitally due to COVID-19 crisis. This year, the theme is “Climate Action.” The COVID-19 pandemic is also linked to the health of our ecosystem. Climate change, man-made changes to nature can increase contact and the transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans like COVID-19. According to UN Environment: “From one new infectious disease that emerges in humans every 4 months, 75% of these emerging diseases come from animals”. Continue reading “Earth Day 2020 – Message by Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative, IUCN Pakistan”
Earth Day 2020 – Message by Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative, IUCN Pakistan
