NCF urges ecological distancing to prevent future pandemic outbreak

While speaking at the 32nd yearly general meeting of the foundation held virtually in Lagos, he stated that the COVID-19 pandemic should teach humanity some key lessons, particularly the possibility that the pandemic is of zoonotic origins.

Aminu-Kano said: “We should recognise that activities that shrink the space available for wildlife, such as deforestation, and those that bring us in much closer contact with them, such as killing and consumption of wild animals, will only lead to more frequent occurrences of pandemics in the future. My view is that unless we practice requisite ‘ecological distancing’, we will continue to be forced to practice ‘social distancing’ in future.

Aminu-Kano explained that the pandemic had impact on NCF’s projects, the people, its finances, and engagement with the public during the outgone year. He said NCF and its partners planted over 1.7 million seedlings out of the 2 million seedlings targeted for the year 2020 across Nigeria. GRN is an important project for nature conservation, designed to help Nigeria recover its forest cover to 25 per cent of its landmass.

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