Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira | Opinion | The Guardian

Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira | Opinion | The Guardian

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“Attempting to save money by neglecting environmental protection, health systems and social safety nets has already proven to be a false economy. The bill will be paid many times over.”

Our destructive behaviour towards nature is endangering our own health, argue Marco Lambertini, Director General of the World Wildlife Fund International, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, head of the United Nations convention on biological diversity, and Maria Neira, the World Health Organization director for environment and health. (The Guardian | 6 min read)