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Mountain gorillas is a lesson that conservation is possible. even on the battle lines. over the next 40 years the human population is expected to rise by 50%. already many of our natural resources are dwindling. recently, the u.s. director of national intelligence said over roughly the next decade competition for those resources will likely lead to increased global conflict. the question governments around the world have to answer now is how best to preserve the resources we have left through co...

Case that things will enter into the human population and spread globally. >> hiv may be the most well known virus to cross over from an animal to a human but there are many others. many we dont even know about. that is why wolf has create ed what h calls a global viral forecasting initiative, a kind of early warning system in virus hot spots to track the transmission of viruses. he worked in cameroon for nearly a decade monitoring hunters and those who butcher bush meat where human and animal b...

The blood of a human being. most likely, say scientists, a hunter or someone cutting up the chimp for cooking. that simple, seemingly insignificant transmission set off a global epidemic, a pandemic that so far has killed tens of millions of people. scientists now believe hiv crossed into humans in the early 1900s. but it wasnt until air travel increased that it spread and became a global epidemic in the 1980s. is it inevitable that there will be another pandemic like hiv? >> yes. the human popu...

Their own repetoire of viruses. any time humans are in contact with those animals there is the possibility for the jumpovers. that is what we are considering this chatter, this pinging, if you will, of viruses in the human population. most of the times the ping bounces back. every once in a while it sticks. >> it is sticking more often. the national academy of sciences says 75% of the worlds emerging diseases jump over from animals. the sars virus crossed from civil cats in asia and killed 700,0...

Dr. san yea gupta and i have split up. the two hunters we have been for the last few hours havent found any game. we came across this group of hunters who have several packs full of animals they caught. >> this monkey potentially is infected with retroviruses. >> virus hunter nathan wolf is concerned about what viruses these animals might carry, making their way into the human population touching off a pandemic. there are at least three viruses you know about in this particular monkey? >> this s...

With nature and natural resources in animals. it seems like rwanda is a success story in many ways. >> yeah, yeah. definitely it is. theres still a lot of conflict but theres a lot of rwanda that they really care of the protection of gorillas. and this is i think the biggest success of conservation of mountain gorillas for people to take care of their own natural resources. >> this is a species still teetering on the brink. but rwandas protection of these mountain gorillas is a lesson that conse...

What he calls a global viral forecasting initiative. a kind of early warning system in virus hot spots around the world to track the transmission of viruses. hes worked in cameroon for nearly a decade monitoring hunters and those who butcher bush meat. both activities where human and animal blood are constantly in contact. dr. wolff likens his work to the way an intelligence service tracks threats made by potential terrorists. if he can track what viruses are crossing into humans, what he calls ...

Full of animals that theyve caught. >> this monkey is potentially is infected with retroviruses. >> nathan wolff is concerned about what unknown viruses these animals might carry, viruses that could make their way into the human population, touching off a pandemic. >> theres at least three viruses that you know about, which are in this particular monkey? >> this species, yeah, yeah. i mean, theres many, many more pathogens that are present in these animals. these individuals are at specific risk...

Over the next 40 years, the human population is expected to rise by 50%. yet, already many of our natural resources are dwindling. recently the u.s. director of national intelligence said that over roughly the next decade, competition for those resources will likely lead to increased global conflict. the question governments around the world have to answer now is how best to preserve the resources we have left through conservation and innovation and technology. if you want more information go, t...

Animals theyve caught. >> this money is potentially infected with retroviruses. but virus hunter, dr. nathan wolf, is concerned about what unknown viruses these animals might carry, viruses that could make their way into the human population, touching off a pandemic. >> there is at least three viruses that you know about which are in this particular monkey? >> this species, yeah. and theres many, many more pathogens that are present in these animals. these individuals are at specific risk, parti...