How to stop the next pandemic before it begins | George Wittemyer | TEDxMileHigh
George Wittemyer |
TEDxMileHigh
• August 2020
Who’s to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic? Like HIV, Ebola, and the plague, coronavirus spilled over from animals to humans. It was our actions and our behaviors - the way we buy, sell, move, and trade wildlife - that caused this trillion-dollar disaster. In this eye-opening talk, conservation biologist George Wittemyer explains why another pandemic is likely and how we can change our behavior.
George Wittemyer is one of the world's foremost authorities on the African elephant and the chairman of the scientific board of Save the Elephants. He is an assistant professor in the department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University. He was appointed to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's African Elephant Specialist Group in 2008 and is a technical advisor to the Kenya Wildlife Service. His research group focuses on biodiversity conservation issues, with an emphasis on determining how landscape, human, and climate impact at-risk wildlife.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx