Why deforestation and extinctions make pandemics more likely
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Deforestation and loss of biodiversity can trigger new pandemics.
“In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out an important realization that deforestation and loss of biodiversity can trigger new pandemics (Tollefson, 2020).”
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- Authors
- Tollefson, J.
- Corresponding author
- Tollefson, Jeff
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2020-08-07
- Volume
- 584
- Issue
- 7820
- Pages
- 175-176
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W3047993738
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 77 · 2020: 13
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Keywords
- deforestation, biodiversity loss, extinction, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic, zoonotic transmission, epidemic forecasting, human-wildlife interface
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Humans, Trees, Ecosystem, Pandemics
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