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cord-284795-0eoyxz78	Khetan, Aditya K.	COVID-19: Why Declining Biodiversity Puts Us at Greater Risk for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and What We Can Do	2020-06-25		.txt	text/plain	719	48	58	For Nipah, the fruit bats contaminated date palm sap, which was then consumed by humans who thus got infected. While public health measures, including surveillance of emerging disease hotspots, can be helpful as near-term strategies, they cannot substitute for a long-term solution that conserves biodiversity. Human activities that drive loss of biodiversity are also directly tied to climate change and increasing water scarcity. This agricultural land expansion has mostly been for farming animals (for meat and other animal products such as dairy), soybean production, and palm oil production. 5 Given the significant contribution of human meat consumption to loss of biodiversity, decreasing such consumption must be recognized as a major priority for decreasing the incidence of EID over the medium to long term. It is estimated that 25% of global GHG emissions are the result of agriculture, most of it from the farming of animals for human consumption. Evolution in action: climate change, biodiversity dynamics and emerging infectious disease	./cache/cord-284795-0eoyxz78.txt	./txt/cord-284795-0eoyxz78.txt