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A man walks past a poster warning people in Guangdong province, China, that consuming wildlife is illegal. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA
June 19, 2020
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Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and WWF International, and the world has been ignoring this stark reality for decades. The illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade as well as the devastation of forests and other wild places were still the driving forces behind the increasing number of diseases leaping from wildlife to humans, the leaders told the Guardian.

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