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Nature Destruction and Coronavirus

Every year Natural disasters kill around millions of people and affect close to 160 million people worldwide. These disasters include tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, hurricanes, floods, wildfire, heatwaves, and droughts. They have an immediate effect on human lives and result on destruction of the Physical, Biological and social environment of the affected people having a long term impact on their health, well being and survival. Any such hazards that we are concerned about on an annual basis, we need to twice as concerned about them.  The natural world is striking back at our exploitation of the earth and wildlife by driving animals to extinction. Of these threats, at present, is Coronavirus which threatens the health and well being of millions of people around as it spreads uncontrollably. There is destruction in almost every habitat in the developing world and in developed world, too. Illegal trade and trafficking in many endangered animal species for high