Scientific experts have warned that deadly pandemics are likely to keep happening if action is not taken to protect natural environments. Future pandemics will happen more often, spread faster and kill more people than COVID-19, the experts said. Such events are also expected to cause lasting harm to the world economy. The warning came in a report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, an international expert group that advises governments. The group has more than 130 member states. The experts called for major efforts aimed at preventing pandemics rather than trying to contain them after they happen. The report urges major worldwide efforts to stop habitat destruction that can lead viruses to jump from wild animals to humans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that three out of every four new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals. Scientists have said COVID-19 probably started in bats and began spreading among humans at a market in China.
Title: Scientists Warn of More Deadly Pandemics if Nature Not Protected
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' Scientists Warn of More Deadly Pandemics if Nature Not Protected' data-article-id='5163'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14958'>Scientific experts have warned that deadly pandemics are likely to keep happening if action is not taken to protect natural environments.</span> <span data-start-time='14958' data-end-time='28313'>Future pandemics will happen more often, spread faster and kill more people than COVID-19, the experts said.</span> <span data-start-time='28313' data-end-time='37208'>Such events are also expected to cause lasting harm to the world economy.</span> <span data-start-time='37208' data-end-time='56125'>The warning came in a report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, an international expert group that advises governments.</span> <span data-start-time='56125' data-end-time='61917'>The group has more than 130 member states.</span> <span data-start-time='61917' data-end-time='74500'>The experts called for major efforts aimed at preventing pandemics rather than trying to contain them after they happen.</span> <span data-start-time='74500' data-end-time='89521'>The report urges major worldwide efforts to stop habitat destruction that can lead viruses to jump from wild animals to humans.</span> <span data-start-time='89521' data-end-time='105521'>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that three out of every four new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals.</span> <span data-start-time='105521' data-end-time='117875'>Scientists have said COVID-19 probably started in bats and began spreading among humans at a market in China.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16195 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/what_is_a_pandemic.wav'>What is a pandemic?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an epidemic occurring worldwide or over a very wide area'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/a_small_black_and_white_bear.wav'><span>a small black and white bear</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/an_infection_that_runs_through_a_family.wav'><span>an infection that runs through a family</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/an_epidemic_occurring_worldwide_or_over_a_very_wide_area.wav'><span>an epidemic occurring worldwide or over a very wide area</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/a_large_school_.wav'><span>a large school </span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16196 data-hint-location='105521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/where_did_the_covid19_pandemic_originate_.wav'>Where did the COVID-19 pandemic originate? </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='China'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/china.wav'><span>China</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/italy.wav'><span>Italy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/russia.wav'><span>Russia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/japan.wav'><span>Japan</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16197 data-hint-location='89521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/it_is_estimated_that_three_out_of_four_new_or_emerging_infectious_diseases_in_people_come_from__blank__.wav'>It is estimated that three out of four new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from <span class='blank'>animals</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='animals'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/animals.wav'><span>animals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/antibiotics.wav'><span>antibiotics</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/vegetables.wav'><span>vegetables</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4636/sunlight.wav'><span>sunlight</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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