Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher
Katie Woolaston consults with IPBES and was one of the co-authors of the IPBES Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics. All views expressed in this article are my own.
Judith Lorraine Fisher is affiliated with the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of IPBES and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Biodiversity and Pandemics Report, however all views expressed in this article are my own
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