Deforestation is a Cause of Pandemic – A Systematic Analysis

Abstract

Pandemic diseases are affecting humans at an unprecedented rate in this period of unparalleled global change. The increasing outbreak of epidemic diseases are associated with global climate change, loss of biodiversity, urbanization, extensive farming, and deforestation. Among these, deforestation dominates for the beginning of diseases, which spread further through wild animals-human interface. The exponential growth of international travel and trade drives the epidemic disease to a pandemic. This paper explains how the diseases are originated from deforestation and being converted from epidemic to pandemic.