Amazon Indigenous lands prevent disease, save billions: study

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023

Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published Thursday.

The decade-long study analyzed the health impacts of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, which release huge amounts of parti
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