https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Covid-19-Chronicle-of-an-Outbreak-Foretold https://booksandideas.net/Covid-19-Chronicle-of-an-Outbreak-Foretold 2020-03-30T07:00:00Z text/html en Philippe Sansonetti Society globalisation medicine transports catastrophe epidemic animals deforestation farming Science contagion <p>What are Covid-19 and the coronavirus? What are the parameters, causes and effects of this disease? What are the short and long-term prospects? Infectious disease specialist Philippe Sansonetti explains why the fate of the epidemic is in our hands.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Real-Story-of-Haiti-s-Forests https://booksandideas.net/The-Real-Story-of-Haiti-s-Forests 2017-10-09T07:00:00Z text/html en Lucile Maertens & Adrienne Stork Society Economy environment Haiti deforestation <p>Deforestation and charcoal production are often seen as the principal culprits for the endemic poverty in Haiti. This essay calls for a new narrative. Not only is this picture of Haiti incomplete and inaccurate, it is also counterproductive to the economic development of the country.</p>