{"id":18266,"date":"2020-10-31T17:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=18266"},"modified":"2021-05-19T17:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:43:05","slug":"ipbes-releases-paper-titled-escaping-the-era-of-pandemics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ipbes-releases-paper-titled-escaping-the-era-of-pandemics\/","title":{"rendered":"IPBES releases paper titled \u201cEscaping the \u2018Era of Pandemics\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services(IPBES) has released a research paper titled \u201c<strong>Escaping the \u2018Era of Pandemics: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> The report has analysed the contribution of human-induced environmental damages in the emergence of new diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pandemics like COVID-19 would hit us more frequently unless there is a change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases.<\/li>\n<li>We are yet to identify some 1.7 million viruses that exist in mammals and birds.Out of these, 50% have the potential or ability to infect humans.<\/li>\n<li>Land use change is a significant driver of pandemics and caused the emergence of more than 30% of new diseases reported since 1960.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Intergovernmental Council: <\/strong>Launch a high-level intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention to provide decision-makers with the best science and evidence on emerging diseases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mutually agreed Goals: <\/strong>Countries should set mutually-agreed goals or targets within the framework of an international accord or agreement &#8211; with clear benefits for people, animals and the environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One Health approach: <\/strong>Institutionalizing the &#8216;One Health&#8217; approach in national governments to build pandemic preparedness, enhance pandemic prevention programs and to investigate and control outbreaks across sectors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Changes in Consumption: <\/strong>Enable changes to reduce the types of consumption, globalized agricultural expansion and trade that have led to pandemics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reducing zoonotic disease risks<\/strong> in the international wildlife trade through intergovernmental partnerships.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Valuing Indigenous Peoples <\/strong>and local communities engagement and knowledge in pandemic prevention programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IPBES: <\/strong>It is an intergovernmental organization established in 2012 to improve the interface between science and policy on issues of biodiversity and ecosystem services.<strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: Bonn, Germany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services(IPBES) has released a research paper titled \u201cEscaping the \u2018Era of Pandemics: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come\u201d. \u00a0 Facts: Objective: The report has analysed the contribution of human-induced environmental damages in the emergence of new diseases. &nbsp; Key Takeaways: Pandemics like COVID-19 would hit us&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ipbes-releases-paper-titled-escaping-the-era-of-pandemics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IPBES releases paper titled \u201cEscaping the \u2018Era of Pandemics\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[7939,2581],"class_list":["post-18266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-escaping-the-era-of-pandemics","tag-ipbes","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704577911},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}