- May 22, 2020
- By Uganda Biodiversity Fund
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Covid-19: A reminder of the threat posed by biodiversity Degradation
Globally, around 25 percent of all animal and plant species are threatened with extinction largely due to loss of habitat. This is consistent with Uganda’s biodiversity degradation trend. The loss of animal habitat is resulting in crowding of animal species and increasing human-animal contact, posing a major disease threat to humans. Research increasingly shows that outbreaks of animal-borne and other…
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