Human disruption of natural support systems is not only damaging wildlife and ecosystems, it is also putting the human population at considerable risk, as the emergence of Covid-19  has demonstrated.

In this fascinating discussion between Libby Peake and disease ecologist Dr Thomas Gillespie of Emory University we learn about  the risk factors involved in the ‘spillover’ of new pathogens caused by human induced environmental change, and the urgent need to change the ‘artificial divide’ between health and the environment.