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Oil palm plantations a threat to global health, says study on outbreaks

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised plenty of questions about whether the planet’s declining health is what ails humans. The answer is yes, and it’s not a metaphorical response. Distorting the blue planet’s green cover, hollowing out dense forests and tacking tree plantations at will fuels the rise of diseases, a growing body of research shows. […]

Medical Study in Malaysia Links Coronavirus in Dogs, Cats to Humans

Reuters A new type of coronavirus found in Malaysian pneumonia patients is not presently a cause for concern, as scientists have not established that it makes people sick or can be passed human-to-human, a noted virologist from the Southeast Asian country said Monday. Scientists know of seven coronaviruses that infect people – including SARS-CoV2, which has spread globally and spawned several variants, as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV2 is one of three coronaviruses originating in animals that have caused major outbreaks of disease in humans in the last 20 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Greening the planet: we can t just plant trees, we have to restore forests

Greening the planet: we can t just plant trees, we have to restore forests The Conversation 20 May 2021, 04:42 GMT+10 The Queen s Green Canopy, a campaign to celebrate Elizabeth II s platinum jubilee next year, involves asking people in the UK to plant trees: a treebilee as her son, Prince Charles puts it. This is one of a number of public and private campaigns underway, including initiatives by big corporations from Nestle to Audi which are also planting millions of trees in an attempt to mitigate a portion of their environmental impact. But, at a much smaller scale, there are thousands of community reforestation projects around the word whose goals differ depending on the environment and desires of local people. For example, planting native trees along the Kinabatangan river in Borneo can support local ecotourism businesses, while forest projects on the east coast of New Zealand are designed to protect agricultural soils from erosion.

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