DFace NewsStudy urges new approach to managing nature's hazards
A new study argues that our approach to the dangers nature poses to people needs rethinking. The scale is substantial: animal-transmitted diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths annually, snakebites kill up to 500,000 people each year, and pests cost an estimated $220 billion in crop losses. The researchers frame these hazards alongside the benefits ecosystems provide, rather than as a separate pr…
Source: Phys.org