Since we are responsible for the destruction of our environment, the diseases, which primarily affected the animals, are reaching to humans. Such diseases are called zoonoses.Presently, over 300 zoonoses of varied etiologies are reported. A number of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases are causing significant morbidity and mortality both in developing as well as developed nations.We have If we protect our environment, we can certainly reduce the incidence and prevalence of zoonotic diseases, which pose a global threat to health and economy.We have published papers on West Nile fever, Ebola haemorrhagic fever, SARS and COVID-19, and all our publications are available at Research Gate.

Save the environment and then you can save yourself too. Thanks dear Mahendra Pal

With the expansion of suburbs into the territories of wild animals, animals may adopt a new way of living in their occupied territories by humans, therefore the probability of contact of humans with animal diseases will increase. So do not invade their territories!

I do agree sir, Jean-Pierre Jost

We need to protect our nature for avoiding zoonotic disease. We must to ensure the habitats of animals in the nature, they must to keep them as usual in their habitat. Otherwise, they will come in our habitat for their foods and shelter and would give chance to disseminate zoonotic disease and will cause pandemic like COVID-19.

Think so dear Dr. Ujjal Kumar Nath

We have already said it a thousand times, it is more important to solve social problems faced by humanity than socio-environmental problems. Overcoming poverty and feeding millions of people is a priority. Achieving equity between races and genders is a second priority. Democratizing the world and generating wealth to raise the level and quality of life of the people would be the third group of priorities.

Illegal trafficking in species, excessive logging, fishing and poaching, agriculture with exotic species not allowed in vulnerable ecosystems, are examples of activities that may have started in small communities with very high social backwardness and it was their only way to obtain some wealth to feed themselves, in a globalized world, where westernization contaminates our ways of living and understanding our surrounding landscape.

Once the illegal trade of what we have mentioned is established, small groups of power are created that begin to control it, the leaders get richer, lose scruples, like power and dominate others. And on that scaffolding, you still don't look at the natural landscape. There has been no time in this modern age to understand that the landscape is the environmental setting in which we carry out our activities; on which we depend 100% and that we are part of the same landscape. To change it is to change us, to destroy it, is to destroy us.

The question would be: if we put corruption and power groups aside, the most marginalized population on the planet that still inhabits places with a high degree of natural conservation (more than 40% is in the wild) could improve their standard of living with management holistic or holistic landscape?

if the answer were yes, then illegal activities would almost disappear, black markets would have no inputs, and legal trade would meet the required animal, plant, and human health standards.

If the answer were a resounding yes, we would live in the happy world that humanity has always wanted. Utopia would be reality.

On the other hand, if the answer was no or moderately negative, then the world would get worse. The devastation will continue, hunger will not be solved, and poverty will increase at a faster rate than demographics.

The next question is, what can we university professors and researchers do? preparing our students in a more interdisciplinary way, combining the social sciences with the factual sciences and making good use of technologies.

Working in harmony the educated in schools with people who have not received formal education and have learned from their ancestors, will be essential.

Whatever it is we have to save our environment and then we can save ourselves too. Thanks dear Dr. Pedro Joaquín Gutiérrez-Yurrita and thanks for nice sharing.

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The IFMSA and IVSA represent 1.4 million medical and veterinary students from 135 countries. As future healthcare professionals, we emphasize the need for developing and implementing effective solutions, as well as raising awareness in order to fortify global health resilience and emergency preparedness. We are joining forces because we believe in the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in order to prevent the next public health disaster.

Please don't hesitate to read the full Position Statement (the file added) or to contact me.

Yes, integrated approach is needed, dear Luregn von Planta