Can banning wild meat reduce the spread of disease? Experts discuss
Following COVID-19, widespread calls have been made to ban the sale and consumption of wild meat. But would this really stop the spread of diseases?
Dr Bhaskar Vira teaches at the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge, where he is Reader in the Political Economy of Environment and Development.
Following COVID-19, widespread calls have been made to ban the sale and consumption of wild meat. But would this really stop the spread of diseases?
The authors argue that measures of well-being and poverty ignore the environment, and that this must change.
Bhaskar Vira assesses the state of India's water crisis and the ambitious plans of the government to tackle it.