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Protecting Brazilian Amazon Indigenous Territories Reduces Atmospheric Particulates and Avoids Associated Health Impacts and Costs

Protecting Brazilian Amazon Indigenous Territories Reduces Atmospheric Particulates and Avoids Associated Health Impacts and Costs

Author(s): Paula R. Prist, Florencia Sangermano, Allison Bailey, Victoria Bugni, María del Carmen Villalobos-Segura, Nataly Pimiento-Quiroga, Peter Daszak, and Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio

Publication Date: 2023

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Indigenous territories are important for conservation, but little is known about their role in maintaining human health. This research quantified the potential human health and economic benefits of protecting these territories in the Brazilian Amazon, by using cardiovascular and respiratory diseases cases, pollutant, and forest cover data.

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