A farmer and a dog walk through a burnt area of the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, in August 2019. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has hit alarming levels. Photo: AFP
Letters | Covid, rainforests or sharks: how the world likes to play ostrich
- We were alerted to the possibility of a pandemic years ago, but chose to ignore the warnings. We are doing the same when it comes to the Earth’s shrinking biodiversity
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Coronavirus pandemic
A farmer and a dog walk through a burnt area of the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, in August 2019. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has hit alarming levels. Photo: AFP