Some experts have hypothesized that the novel coronavirus made the jump from animals to humans in China’s wet markets, just like SARS before it. Unsurprisingly, many people are furious that the markets, which were closed in the immediate wake of the outbreak in China, are already reopening.

For great numbers of people, especially those living in overpopulated urban areas where only the odd parks serve as small patches of greenery, nature is something out there somewhere.

It’s been a nerve-racking few years for the traditional vehicle industry given the surge of ride-hailing start-ups and the expansion of Tesla.

Future Farming asked Wade Barnes, CEO of Farmers Edge, 5 questions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on farming.

Zoology has an illustrious history; it has triggered paradigm shifts in thinking.

Intensive farming and the wildlife trade are driving the “alarming” emergence rate of zoonotic diseases, the World Wildlife Fund has warned. 

South Africa’s economy, battered and bruised, is now reopening. Over the past few weeks, much has been said about how the post-Covid-19 world would (or at least needed to be) vastly different from what went before.

The Washington-based lender outlined its prognosis on sub-Saharan Africa in its Global Economic Prospects Report, saying output in the region is estimated to have declined 3.7% in 2020. 

The India Animal Fund and philanthropic organisation Dasra launched a report titled ‘Our shared future: Securing animal welfare, human wellbeing, and sustainability in India’ on Tuesday. The report emphasises animal welfare’s pivotal role in India’s socio-economic and ecological frameworks and reveals how intensive animal agriculture or factory farming fuels antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases and environmental degradation.