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How losing biodiversity could be killing us

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Antibiotics, pain killers and even treatments for cancer – many are derived from nature. But we are killing off the species that could provide the next nature-based cure. How bad is biodiversity loss for our health? Credits: Reporter: Louise Osborne Camera: Henning Goll Video Editor: Markus Mörtz Supervising Editors: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. #PlanetA #Biodiversity #Health Read more: Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of IPBES: #.ZEgk0y0RpTY IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: From drug discovery to coronaviruses: why restoring natural habitats is good for human health: The biodiversity crisis is a business crisis: Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:40 Discovering penicillin 02:05 Disappearing biodiversity 03:57 Healthy planet, healthy humans 06:51 Saving biodiversity 08:56 Conclusion

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