Borneo is a treasure trove of biodiversity and home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world.
It’s also the epicentre of the palm oil industry and so these precious and fragile ecosystems have been ripped wide open, creating opportunity for disease transmission between wildlife, people and their domestic animals.
So what does this mean for the endangered wild cats of Borneo like the Sunda Clouded Leopard and the Flat-Headed Cat?
Guests: Sergio Guerrero (City University of Hong Kong) & Liesbeth Frías (Nanyang Technological University)
Links: Health at the Edge Project
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