Covid-19 Pandemic, Gaia and Its Sustainability Soumyendra Kishore Datta 1 * and Piali Bandyopadhyay Datta 2 1 Prof of Economics, Burdwan University, India 2 Associate Prof of Economics, Burdwan Raj College, India Introduction The recent worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has made us confront with the fury of GAIA, forcing us to introspect, to reverse the unbridled nature of consumption in taking pleasure from the material world. Can 7.8 billion population sustain in the culture of consumerism, with rampant industrial activities in the pursuit of go as you like actions, putting pressure on the ecological and environmental balance of the earth? It seems in this context pertinent to mention that in order to enjoy a lavish life and promote its own wellbeing , human have recklessly plundered and used fossil fuel resources, depleted forest, destabilized biodiversity, undertaken rampant industrialization, vitiated the environment, dislocated the aboriginal people from their natural homestead, carried out frantic urbanization with proliferation of slums, merrily increased its own number in order to rule over the nature and in order to satisfy rising food needs, extended its hand to wildlife leading to destruction of the natural balance and biodiversity. The last case is manifest when it is seen that the genesis of the virus can be apparently traced to the wildlife market in Wuhan (China) where trade in bat flesh is considered to be its carrier. Not only this , many other wild species like snake, frog, birds, pangolin etc constitute regular items of trade in this region. Usually the viruses are kept in check by healthy environment with diverse and abundant wildlife. But when forests are ripped and biodiversity is destroyed, virus leave out from their natural quarantine and cause disease like covid 19 with profound health and economic impact in both rich and poor countries. Similar case was noted in case of Ebola virus in Gabon, Africa when a chimpanzee was hunted by local people in nearby forest and eaten. Crimson Publishers Wings to the Research Review Article *Corresponding author: Soumyendra Kishore Datta, Prof of Economics, Burdwan University, India Submission: June 01, 2022 Published: July 25, 2022 Volume 3 - Issue 1 How to cite this article: Soumyendra Kishore Datta, Piali Bandyopadhyay Datta. Covid-19 Pandemic, Gaia and Its Sustainability. Int J Conf Proc. 3(1). ICP. 000554. 2022. DOI: 10.31031/ICP.2022.03.000554 Copyright@ Soumyendra Kishore Datta, This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. 1 Integrative Journal of Conference Proceedings Abstract The recent pandemic is a reflection of the fury of the Gaia, the mother earth. Human have recklessly plundered fossil fuel resources , depleted forest, dislocated aboriginal people from their natural homestead, carried out frantic urbanization, extended its hand to wildlife leading to destruction of the natural balance and biodiversity. The appearance of the virus is considered the nature’s negative feedback to turn the things right. According to living planet report (2010), our unconcern about the Gaia has exerted several great direct pressures on the biodiversity and ecosystem services. Continued flow of diverse ecosystem services requires investment in natural capital resources. However sustained well-being of the humanity requires positive investment not only in the natural capital but also in human capital. Majority of the rich/populous countries have so long allocated huge chunk of budget towards defense and military expenses to the neglect of expanding facility of health infrastructure, medical services and insurance to rural and informal sector workers. Further after the cessation of the pandemic the environmental pollution may shift to pre-pandemic state. So we need to learn from the assault on Gaia and its negative feedback on us and hence be proactive to reverse it. Keywords: Virus; Gaia; Sustainability; Environment; Capital; Health ISSN: 2694-4391