Report of the Scientific Task Force on Preventing Pandemics
The report contains key findings and recommendations for research and action to inform pandemic prevention. The task force found that evidence strongly establishes spillover of viruses from wildlife into people, sometimes via livestock, as the root cause of pandemic risk. Spillover of the viruses currently understood to have pandemic potential occurs from land use change, and in particular the destruction of tropical forests, expansion of agricultural lands, especially near human settlements, livestock and farmed wildlife intensification, and wild animal hunting and trade.
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Report of the Scientific Task Force on Preventing Pandemics
Author(s):
Dr. Yewande Alimi
,
Dr. Aaron Bernstein
,
Dr. Jonathan Epstein
,
Dr. Marcos Espinal
,
Dr. Manish Kakkar
,
Dr. Deborah Kochevar
,
Dr. Guilherme Werneck
Publication Date: 2021
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The report contains key findings and recommendations for research and action to inform pandemic prevention. The task force found that evidence strongly establishes spillover of viruses from wildlife into people, sometimes via livestock, as the root cause of pandemic risk. Spillover of the viruses currently understood to have pandemic potential occurs from land use change, and in particular the destruction of tropical forests, expansion of agricultural lands, especially near human settlements, livestock and farmed wildlife intensification, and wild animal hunting and trade.
