Regarding the pandemic: Reflections from nature

This selection of papers includes reflections on the pandemic from nature, i.e. natural and health sciences, which addresses aspects such as the nature of viruses and their essential role in the biosphere, epidemics as self-regulatory processes, the links between ecosystem destruction and environmental degradation and the spread of pandemics, the recovery of environmental quality due to confinement, etc.

We provide you links to several articles, which we will update throughout this exceptional situation. The selections in each of the four languages on this web page prioritize articles in their own language, which is why they differ. So, we invite you to visit this page in all the languages you may read.

‘Tip of the iceberg’: Is the destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?– John Vidal (18/3/2020)

Covid-19 and the climate emergency – John Sauven (25/3/2020) 

One Planet, One Health: Connected through Biodiversity – Vandana Shiva ( 18/3/2020)

COVID-19: Crisis, Hope and Ecological Civilization – Philip Clayton (20/3/2020)

Biodiversity, traditional medicine and public health: where do they meet? – R. Alves & I. Rosa (21/3/2020)

The Earth is Telling Us We Must rethink Our Growth Society – Willian E. Rees (10/4/2020)

Global disregard for nature brought on coronavirus pandemic – Jane Goodall  (11/4/2020)

Building resilient societies after the Covid-19  pandemic – UNEP (15/5/2020)

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