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How biodiversity conservation can help manage future pandemics — for plants and for humans

Dave Hodson discusses why conservation may be the key to our survival.

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In a conversation with The Counter, CIMMYT senior scientist Dave Hodson discusses why conservation may be the key to our survival.

Read more: https://thecounter.org/biodiversity-conservation-future-pandemics-plants-humans-cimmyt/

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