Rice University: How to Stop the Next Pandemic - Reduce Wildlife Trafficking and Forest Loss
July 24, 2020
July 24, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, July 24 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
The ultimate global financial cost of COVID-19 could top $15 trillion, but governments might be able to prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests, according to a new paper from an international team of scientists including Rice University's Ted Loch-Temzelides.
Compared with the $2 . . .
The ultimate global financial cost of COVID-19 could top $15 trillion, but governments might be able to prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests, according to a new paper from an international team of scientists including Rice University's Ted Loch-Temzelides.
Compared with the $2 . . .