Thread by @panos_strather, By now, we all have read/seen dozens of analyses, videos (like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9yqWNIG8A) [...]

Panos Roussos

panos_strather

By now, we all have read/seen dozens of analyses, videos (like: ) linking coronaviruses with:
1)Industrialization of farming (not 'domesticated' but *abused* animals), incl. excessive (mis)use of #antibiotics
2) #Urbanization (breaking ecosystem balance) 1/

3)Intensive agriculture and #monocropping
4)Other aspects of anthropogenic climate change
All these lead to this " #OneHealth" approach linking human health with broad ecology. ( https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/coronavirus-pandemic-virus-disease-wildlife-environment-farming-infectious-a9487926.html) 2/

Pandemics will become worse and more frequent unless we stop exploit…

Future pandemics are likely to be more frequent, spread more rapidly, kill more people and inflict even worse economic damage if humanity fails to fundamentally change how it is damaging the

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/coronavirus-pandemic-virus-disease-wildlife-environment-farming-infectious-a9487926.html

And I'm now moving on to my territory: The shipping industry and @IMOHQ must push for an end to #Livestock shipping.
To the uninitiated to the horrors of this, just watch this:
https://twitter.com/WorldAnimalNews/status/1199436767675346945?s=20
#BanLiveExport 3/

https://twitter.com/WorldAnimalNews/status/1199436767675346945?s=20

Accidents like the #QueenHind are not even that rare. Most small and medium size livestock carriers are converted box or roro ships - with huge stability problems, bearing flags of convenience and routinely failing #ParisMoU inspections...
https://twitter.com/panos_strather/status/1096901168629014530?s=20 4/

https://twitter.com/panos_strather/status/1096901168629014530?s=20

Main live exporters (via shipping) are Australia, Brazil, and among European countries, are Netherlands, Denmark, and Romania. Main importers are Middle East countries, Turkey, Pakistan. #EndLiveExport 5/ https://twitter.com/panos_strather/status/1166478016970727424?s=20

https://twitter.com/panos_strather/status/1166478016970727424?s=20

Giving up livestock shipping also helps (albeit by little) the shipping industry to reduce emmissions of all sorts and make environmental targets easier to meet:
https://twitter.com/panos_strather/status/1186914087336402944?s=20
#Degrowth
6/end

https://twitter.com/panos_strather/status/1186914087336402944?s=20

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