Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world: professor Thijs Kuiken from the Viroscience Department chaired the section about Wild LIfe Trade (page 28 and on).
Read the IPBES Pandemics Report here
