World Nature Conservation Day: sustainability more important than ever

Covid has emphasised our relationship with nature

Observed on 28 July annually, 'World Nature Conservation Day' is aimed at raising humanity’s awareness about the importance of natural resources and the need to live sustainably.

This year, the reminder is particularly relevant given the upheaval resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. A WHO report has pointed to the potential disease risks of contact between wildlife and people and how habitat destruction is removing the buffer zone, which has protected us from such zoonotic diseases. Positively though there is still time to turn things around, while the events of the last 18 months have been devastating to see, the resulting spotlight it has shone on our relationship with nature can be seen as a silver lining. Investors, fixed income investors in particular, have...