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