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How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation | Neil Vora

How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation | Neil Vora

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.

TED Talks Daily · TED

December 5, 202310m 9s

Show Notes

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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