Four years ago, the United Nations Environment Programme flagged a worldwide increase in zoonotic epidemics – they said it was “an issue of concern”.

Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from animals to humans.

There is now evidence of a strong link between environmental destruction and pandemics, but can we act in time to stop another global disease?

To explain how deforestation spreads zoonotic diseases, Dr Rory Gibb, global change ecologist at University College London, joins host Jayne Secker on the Sky News Daily podcast. Executive director of conservation and science at the World Wide Fund for Nature, Mike Barratt, talks through how we can work together to stop it.

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Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer – Annie Joyce
Podcast producer – Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse
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Interviews producer – Oli Foster
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