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Updated: 12 Feb 2021, 10:51 Invalid Date, MANKIND is on a collision course with nature around the world which could trigger an outbreak known as "Disease X" which could be worse than the Black Death. Scientists have predicted we could face a health emergency or pandemic every five years likely caused by "zoonotic" diseases - when infections jump from animals to humans. The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced this week it believes Covid is likely one of these types of infections as it is believed to have crossed from animals such as bats to humans. It has been warned even more deadly...

Humanity could soon face new deadly pandemic ‘on the scale of the Black Death’ Environmental writer John Vidal warns that the constant destruction of wild animals' habitats brings humans into contact with diseases with the potential to cause tens of millions of deaths The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Some...

Updated: 6 Feb 2021, 18:08 Invalid Date, THE world is at risk of a far worse pandemic than Covid "on the scale of the Black Death", warn experts. Deadly microbes which have jumped from animals into humans could "kill tens of millions of people" they terrifyingly add. 9 Healthcare workers carry a coffin with a baby, who died from Ebola, in the Democratic Republic of CongoCredit: Reuters Environmental writer John Vidal, who is working on a book revealing the links between nature and disease, has published his dire prediction in the Daily Mail. He says that governments must face up to "the nigh...

News photo Active duty: Young Nic (right) on patrol while serving as a Game Warden in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia in the late 1960s. The man on the left, with a rifle slung over his shoulder, was Assistant Warden Mesfin Abebe, and the two men behind were local vigilantes who joined us in pursuit of illegal loggers. C.W. NICOL PHOTOS OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK Reflections on feelings and farmland born of an exciting time spent serving Haile Selassie By C.W. NICOL On March 15 just gone, this newspaper carried an excellent but disturbing article by John Vidal, environment editor of the Lon...

2020: a truly unimaginable year for biodiversity Max Benato © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP The year 2020 was always destined to be a crucial one for biodiversity, with the Cop15 conference in Kunming, China scheduled for October, at which the international community was expected to agree a Paris-style agreement for nature. But the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic across the world forced biodiversity on to the agenda in a way previously unseen. Despite the postponement of Cop15, there was a flurry of activity among the world’s leading figure...