The COVID-19 pandemic has further demonstrated humanity’s precarious relationship with the environment, – CENN Executive Director Nana Janashia tells GEORGIA TODAY in an exclusive interview. “While the origin of the coronavirus outbreak is yet to be determined, over recent years we’ve seen a rise in diseases as the world continues to witness the unprecedented destruction of wildlife habitats due to human activity. There is also research that suggests that people living in highly polluted areas have been hit harder by the pandemic. So, it is absolutely critical that we learn from the current circumstances and prioritize environmental issues, doing all we can to tip the balance towards nature preservation and sustainable development.”
Despite the difficult conditions resulting from the pandemic, non-governmental organization CENN has continued actively working on its core environmental directions in 2020, among them sustainable forest resource management, climate change, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate resilient agriculture, rural development, water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), social entrepreneurship and green innovation, digital and sustainable tourism, land degradation neutrality, waste management, and air pollution.
“CENN has been working even harder this year to raise awareness of these issues and to use this opportunity to push for changes that positively impact the environment and the vulnerable communities,” Janashia says. “We quickly adapted to the changes and continued our activities in an online format as much as we could.”
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