Can healthy ecosystems prevent future pandemics?

Please find a recording of the event here.

The degradation of our natural environment and changing behaviours have increased the risk of disease “spillover” from animals to humans.

The talk brought together experts from infectious disease, ecology, international development, and public health to address questions about how the themes of global health (humans and animal), ecosystem resilience, biodiversity conservation, and food security can be integrated to understand the complex nteractions between health and natural systems and as a result prevent the risk of future pandemics.

Chair:

Professor Bhaskar Vira, Head of Department of Geography and Founder of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute.  

Panel:

• Dr Shailaja Fennell, University Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Cambridge 
• Professor Kate Jones, Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at University College London and Director of the Nature-Smart Centre in the Institute of Future Living
• Dr Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, University Lecturer in Public Heath, Cambridge Institute of Public Health
• Professor James Wood, Head of Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge