finding it difficult, exceeds his successes, adams, in a weekly coven, 19 special. next on d. w. o. stay informed, live and on demand, comcast, language courses, video and audio. any time, anywhere that dw media center ah, the pandemic had many unanticipated side effects on emissions on work, travel, and more. so what was the environmental impact of the pandemic? i'll topic on this week's cove at 19 special in indonesia for example,

illegal deforestation increased. but 1st, the grown of iris on animals do animals that humans infect each other. and if so, what can that teach us? scientists in the netherlands want to find out the province of flavor land in the heart of the netherlands. dotted with fields of tulips, canals and modern architecture. but flavor lands capital lay leash dad isn't just home to exotic. concrete structures is also whether possible future shape of the coven. 19 pandemic is being sketched out. we such is at the walk in england by a veterinary research labs looking at the wayside covey to behaves in animal tissue now. and how it might behave in the years to come pages to be new, to study or all kinds of animal species that may be infected, the shore score of herbs too. so for us look, rather we see symptoms or source groan of ours to win his animals. and if you see

dirt or dust these animals, whether they are infected and also a rather dog and spread the virus whim vanderpool has studied the disease. for example, in hamsters which can be infected by coven 19, and pass it on to us symptoms and the rodents are not that different than in humans . they include lethargy, weight, loss, and shortness of breath. this is what the lung tissue from a hamster infected with. coven 19 looks like. by testing how viruses behave in animals, the scientists can anticipate and estimate how great a threat they might all supposed to humans. the question of whether an animal is able to spread, coven 19 is an important one. the more virus cases there are, whether in animals, owen, humans, the greater the chances the virus will mutate. trying to reconstruct infection chains is very complicated. one theory,

some scientists and china proposed for the origins of the oma kron variant, for example, is that the variance predecessor could have leapt from humans to mice. a process known as spill back. i think it could have mutated in the animals into our microns immediate ancestor, which then jumped back from mice to humans. and mice and not the only suspects, actually are quite a number of any must be. she said as susceptible to the virus. the question is always whether or not it is only an initial infection or whether the animal will also be able to transmit the virus to other species or the same animal mnc. do you have the ability to transmit cove it? this is what the corona virus looks like in them. after being fast reported in the netherlands in february 2020 cove, it 19 ripped through ming populations in european farms. when the virus mutated in the animals began infecting staff, the farms, then monks government,

drastic action, and called every farm menke in the country. millions of them in denmark or in the mink outbreak, we saw that the virus changed in a way that it could be. it could become more infectious to people and could also spread more rapidly. and people, so use animal transmissions can be very important and can be very risky for protocol reasons. in the u. s. research as a now looking at the potential threat posed by white tail deer, which may yet prove problematic for the course of the pandemic. the world house organization currently estimates that one in 3 of the animals across the whole of the u. s. have been infected with coven. 19. that's in the wake of an outbreak that started mid 2021. 1 paper, not yet peer reviewed reports, a case where the virus is thought to have jumped back from deer, into humans. and other danger is that there could also potentially spread the infection to domesticated livestock,

which would further increase the risk of exposure and spread and humans. the bargaining and research is the trying to predict and possibly prevent events like that before they can occur. it's a difficult task. while i hope that our modeling can help us to bring us a step ahead of the, of the virus in the future, because at the moment me, ah, we wait until a new variant arise. and then we respond to that. getting one step ahead would allow vaccine developers time to test and tweak faxing alternatives. it could also provide early warnings to public health officials to prepare infrastructure. a central aspect of managing any pandemic that their virus will change as a given. but being able to anticipate those changes and prepare for them could help save lives. when illegal logging has long been a problem in indonesia. but under the pandemic,

it's grew worse. in part because many communities tend to logging to survive when, how's it 19 hit indonesia? the country faced another outbreak, deforestation i report shows 50 percent more forests were cleared in the 1st 20 weeks of 2020 than in the same period a year earlier. indonesian environmentalists like only our to see again say this spike in deforestation was no coincidence or brawl. donna's legal i need have done when we talked with you authorities in several regions. they said that when they were in lock sound, during the pandemic, they weren't able to do their jobs. as usual, abby saw black they feed bass ah, support the yes i most of them were working at home again. walk on the door,

do go young. yellow button, so the authority said it was difficult for them to monitor the forest. my see, ah, go i. d, been vomiting by all bolt malackle got one. he thought he fully answers. see, again says that forrest patrols also fell victim to budget cox. during the pandemic and the economic downturn had another effect on that originated in the cities. as unemployment grew in urban areas, during locked down many migrant workers returned to their villages. pin it increased to 40000000 people early in the pandemic. what? oh, what would you thought or unless, here they are? these 40000000 people are more than a quarter of the total workers in indonesia, number of fennel, i buried you, wrap up on people from the cities looked for work in their villages where agriculture is the dominant industry. but more people in the village means less land to cultivate legally are decided to go smart. the amount of

land that can be legally used has dropped was when more people move from cities to rural areas. they try to find a new land or well, much of the legal land in the villages has been sold to large companies for mining or large scale agriculture. the villages tried to make a living by illegally farming in the forest. ah, by that do go ah, i said i can look back sire. in many cases, they believed they had no choice but to turn to illegal land in the forest or any other guy. besides holligan's been many people were forced to find new land in the forest to survive along with him. pollen, i gladly arguable young, but they can't be fully blamed. the problem is caused by agrarian and equality, which is the main cause of increased deforestation in this country. where he dupon monica in march 2020 indonesia lost more than 1200

square kilometers of forest, far more than in previous years. environmentalists a warning of a looming catastrophe if deforestation continues. ah, during the pandemic corrode of i restrictions kept many people at home factory production was run down on people commuted and travelled less. what impacted that have on greenhouse gas emissions? worldwide reporter spoke to miriam, wolfram of cdp, europe, and, and geo, that advises companies, cities and governments on how to build a sustainable economy. hello, mrs. miriam, go from very nice to meet you. we heard that the emissions decreased during the height of the pandemic. and the lock dance. can you tell us why? oh yes, the emissions struck significantly during the pandemic around 8 percent according to the international energy agency. and actually this is really the missions about

the percentage of the emissions needed every year in emissions cuts for the next decade until 2031st united nations to meet our 1.5. her is target. and the reason for these drops and emissions, because many parts of the world came to a 1st, a 4th still stand in order to corrupt the spread of the corporate virus. bringing much of the economy activity to a halt. the inactivity affects most the contents, petition and obligation, but also of course, industry and related to power generation, causing carbon emissions to decline past a decrease had any significant effect on climate change. no, it has not. the unfortunate answer also the pandemic and resulting invitations on, you know, cannot make sectors but also travel of course, drastically decrease the absolution and greenhouse gas emissions at large. the decrease has no known term impact. the only thing that will have long term impact

is a stomach permanent change. so we have a momentum now and we must ensure that we don't lose the momentum that's pandemic might be also near being its end. and to give you one example, c d p has reported direct court disclosures between 20202022, an increased from 9600 companies to over 13000 companies reporting the environmental at the time in 2022. the grows illustrates that and demick has not stopped companies around the globe to continue their efforts in, you know, environmental transparency and action. and this is a good news. it is essential to maintain and strengths and businesses. now investors and government commitment as well as, of course, the citizens support to really achieve and continue moving into this just an inclusive and green transition are the emissions back to the same level as before

the pandemic. now, unfortunately, global emissions have rebounded to quite varying levels in 2021 to reach the highest and your level with 6 percent increase from 2020, according again to the international energy agency and global energy review. this rebound has reversed the pandemic, included decline, and emissions, and c o 2 emissions and 2021 role is above the pre pandemic level in to 2019 colo, for example, accounted for over 40 percent of the oval growth in global c o. 2 emissions last year and deforestation, land hughes and accurate culture and expansion will continue to contribute to global emissions with agriculture, driving almost 90 percent of global deforestation according to the un food and

agriculture organization. so in short, the pandemic did not help climate action. thank you very much for this interview. oh, the career of iris makes people sick, and so just going by ticket like the virus, they enter the ways and end up deep in the lungs. so is there a connection between fine particular pollution included 19 dw him eggers spoke with an expert on fine, articulate on their health impact. let me grab something along this pedro's. this is glitter, let me quickly hold it up to the camera glitter so it's really small. good sir. is just the size of the particulate matter. we're talking about, i'm job shop, goes to frontier. you did find stuff on the fine particulate matter. we're talking about is a bit smaller, is klein less than 2.5 micro meters. so meta on these are and this particular

matter is about a millimeter. if you inhaled it, most of it would get stuck in your nose and only a few particles would end up deep in your line with the dangerous ones that go into your lungs. how big are they kind of anti these and play in that more than 2.5 micro meters. one millimeter is 1000 micro meter. this is am i i millie, made her, her towel was nicole meter. well yeah, well i brought this stuff along so that we can demonstrate it. so it's $100.00 times smaller than this here. i'm a 1000 times smaller line. i told my client i had so i wonder they're 100 to a 1000 times. more likely. that's amazing. so you can't see it was the make it i can, i said exactly. you can't see it with a naked eye lice from here we have up to 5000 pascals per cubic centimeter or, and if you were to standard a road with a lot more traffic and then you'd get between 50100000 particles per cubic

centimeter, particularly poor cubic centimeter. where does it come from? their fine stuff, they are fine. particulate matter that can be dangerous to our health is the result of combustion processes. it could be cars, how power plant is on coal power plants or domestic heating. all of these as sources for particulate matter, find stop, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, and people who lived near busy streets with every breath they in here, millions of potentially dangerous tiny airborne particles that affect their immune systems. i know they're good. a studio ha, my colleagues of mine at the barcelona institute for global health carried out a very good study. it showed that people who live in areas with high appellation levels have a 30 percent higher risk of developing, proven 19, if they're infected with virus soon. so hom own silica that i see port saint augustine as a mentor. peters and her team are also conducting

a large scale study via this. and high to often will now know that fine particulate matter doesn't just affect the lungs, but basically the entire body of it can contribute to cardiovascular disease, to metabolic diseases. and we also know that fine particulate matter affects the brain. my, this idea is food to find out whether that leads to higher rates of curve at 19, in a particular region, as one question in another q and the contest the ion of hog. the other question is, what are the long term effects of city does fine particulate matter also contribute to long cove? it for example, i peters and her team study involves 1500 subjects. some of them have had covered 19 now i've been put on them in modern dish. my husband and i had coven last november. my husband was in the hospital with suspected pneumonia and i was at home. so we were both in isolation, lease elliott well, but you're both fine. no,

no me. i'm not really. we both still have trouble walking. we start to sweat. when we exert ourselves, we can't handle it and parts of fi. damn. yeah. right. i'm not the subject to undergo various tests, including a lung function test. many long covered patients have trouble getting an affair, but the medical tests are only part of the study. now, i've been nice my different tea for our partner. i owe my house admin mine to of didn't have a busy man. the thing the researchers also send out a car that's especially equipped with a kind of funnel on the roof. they're measuring the levels of fine particulate matter where the materials live. d, or does whom will continue to collect data here in the city of outs blog until the full and then will carry out the quality control process. i am in one to 2 years

will have initial results on fine particulate matter cove in 19 high as well as on the various infection control measures. and people's health during the pandemic is one hide vacant. their pond in me hobbled, then i, the victim is often talented as a one to drag the cove 19. that's even though the world health organization has said the anti parasitic is unproven. as a treatment, officials in mexico city have come into fire after spending millions of euros supplying i've elected to residents with cliff at 19 for 2 years without your salary. so took ira mm. actin thinking it would protect her from getting corona virus. the 53 year old had read about the di warming agents. suppose it benefits on social media, but she knew the drug didn't work after she and her husband contracted covered 19 earlier this year. so when a doctor at a public hospital gave them a medical kid,

that contained diver met him, claudia was skeptical she says they weren't properly informed and feels that their health was experimented on. no one, not only for a month, there was no information from the public health authorities by phone and neither on their home page, nor from the doctors. it was, he could you feel like they're saying take it and see what happens with the money to pay. long article will go to stomach only america bizarre. she was one of 200000 patients to receive a medical kid distributed by mexico city officials. that contained, i remarked in, even though the w h. o and the federal government discouraged cobra. 19 treatment with the drug city authorities carried out a survey that looked like a clinical trial to justify its use. the document was published on the open source platform, so got eve. but in february the article was removed for what sociology,

professor juan pablo pa guerra calls. it's deliberately misleading data. moving to figure out you're not required. okay, well it's better idea in addition to the statistical flaws i my, they wouldn't at ward tremendous and remember the database was very poorly constructed. a l e analysis guy was biased tools quasi experiment. and the quasi experimental methods generated positive results. valid, was he but they were forcing the data it up for the sambo laws that those city officials defended the distribution of ivr mountain? citing its supposedly low risk and cost at an early stage of the pandemic when there was less evidence and fewer available treatments. however, officials declined to give an interview to dw about the ethical questions of supplying an unapproved drug without providing information to patients. yet public health analyst,

javier to hello says city officials agreed to the purchase of nearly $300000.00 packages of ivr met in worth an estimated $1500000.00. simplest alberta caveat when they looked at the fact that large quantities of the drug were bought, especially when the news of its possible use 1st emerged levels defeat got lots of very bad justification from the nice echo city secretary of hell and the people who said it was what they had based on available evidence, but there was no evidence abby, this year, mexico city has stopped distributing. i remarked in, but the drug is still being promoted bite vaccine. skeptics, misinformation that can cost lives. oh, during the pandemic, many people around the world took comfort in longstanding tradition, celebrating festivals and reviving old customs helps sustain families and communities. so 2, in the mainly indigenous regions of ecuador every

year in june, the indigenous communities of northern ecuador celebrate. indeed, i me, the son festival, although in many parts of the country, this ancient ritual didn't take place during the pandemic. blanca bonia is a traditional healer. she works as a volunteer advisor to local authorities and the quota kaci region. i left with jeff k n korea, estelle, for lack of when we had there, would coven cases in the coastal area, and also in other countries. we had a clear plan about what we would do once it reached our region. there was not though, is one of the hill, no, if we made lots of positive progress with our experiments fighting the virus and that they can, my net up within was took that they say and said to me that authorities and catch were villages work hard to maintain a relationship of trust. the indigenous communities hierarchical structures are

respected and valued. and that didn't change during the pandemic. one of the machine members do as a god own, we never thought it would hit us this hard. our country and our community is jealous when we have this done. after the government ordered a lockdown, we had to take matters into our own hands. slim was got but, but it wasn't all that hard. read them off with bang. every one here has their own garden is every one stores produce shipping is home, you know, i miss as much. martha could. conchee canton has a population of roughly 40000 spread across for been and rural parishes. the main industries are tourism and agriculture. there were fewer cove infections here than in other parts of ecuador. let me read you in 20202021. the house office here and called the katya captain,

registered 1755 cases. 30 patients died and 1715 patients recovered at the seams of kings. it was yes. oh, despite the restriction is in the last 2 years, some remote rural communities chose to celebrate the internet. i me festival of the sun as usual. ah, the visits i should develop and when the pandemic went global, it also had an impact here in the countryside. it didn't only affect people's health if it affected celebrations and cultural life. hair in the canton anthem. but the quota, catchy is famous for its culture. a life and music. there are many artists here. it was a blow for culture, but for some communities and the andes in ecuador,

the last 2 years had some benefits. they revived many of the customs of their ancestors. but a, but i mean, am i lo, method, be fucked to do many of our communities welcome the fact that young people began using medicinal herbs again. and douglas gordon is. and because i don't have, i don't do the seller's fantasy smith, i but i left for some ask of you most thing and couple for people who live in the countryside of the old plants have medicinal value. machine info, as in our knowledge, was handed down to us by our mothers and grandmothers, yet as it was received by our elders, by our neighbors, that will keep them okay. but we gradually acquiring more expertise and sharing it with other communities and wanna be that's it. i love it in the vein, help save our lives and was incredible. if at all will only take on june 24th and 25th. the coach, more communities will celebrate. indeed, i, me, and the village square will be filled with life. that's all for this edition of

october, 19th, special with a focus on the environmental impact of the pandemic. next week we'll take stalk of where things stand in the pandemic right now and check out some of the new research . ok, good. 19 for now. thanks for watching and see you soon. ah ah, with

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