Covid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we are living in the Age of Pandics -one that we have created. As the climate crisis reaches a fever pitch and ecological destruction continues unabated, we are just beginning to reckon with the effects of environmental collapse on our global health.brbrFevered Planetexposes how the way we farm, what we eat, the places we travel to and the scientific experiments we conduct create the perfect conditions for deadly new diseases to erge and spread faster and further than ever. Drawing on the latest scientific research and decades of reporting from more than 100 countries, formerGuardianenvironment editor John Vidal takes us into deep, disappearing forests in Gabon and the Congo, valleys scorched by wildfire near Lake Tahoe and our densest, polluted cities to show how closely human, animal and plant diseases are now intertwined with planetary destruction.brbrFrom fossil fuel use raising the global tperature to increased logging polluting our landscapes,Fevered Planetexposes the perils of reckless environmental destruction -not just to our planet but to ourselves. As Vidal expertly argues, unless we transform our relationship with the rest of the natural world, the pandics we are facing today will just be the tip of the iceberg.
Fevered Planet: How Diseases erge When We Harm Nature
About the book
A timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of theGuardianfor nearly thirty years, intohow the destruction of nature is releasing catastrophic diseases into our societies.
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Imprint: Bloomsbury | Pub date: June 2023 | Format: 234 x 153mm | Extent: 352 pages
About the Author
John Vidal was born and brought up in West Africa. One of the world's most experienced environment journalists, heworked for over 30 years on the frontlines of the global war against nature. As environment editor of theGuardianhe reported on the climate crisis, disease and ecological change from more than 100 countries, during which time he wasattacked by loggers and farmers, imprisoned by whalers and sued by oil and chical companies. Vidal won many national and international awards for his writing and film-making. He is the author of one previous book and has contributed chapters to books on war, famine and conservation.




















