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Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil's Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from wildfires
New research published today in Communications Earth & Environment suggests that the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous territories can absorb as much as 26,000 metric tons of dangerous pollutants released by fires every year, thus preventing thousands of cases of deadly respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and significantly reducing health care costs in some of the region's most deforested cities.
Estudio revela capacidad de árboles del Amazonas para absorber contaminantes de los incendios
La investigación de la revista ecologista Nature concluye que los bosques tropicales de la región amazónica absorben 26.000 toneladas métricas de gases nocivos provocados por incendios en la selva.
New peer-reviewed, decade-long study suggests Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil’s Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from noxious fumes from wildfires, preventing 15 million costly cases of disease every year
By reducing respiratory, cardiovascular disease during burning season, Indigenous forests become ‘Golden Goose,’ saving Amazon cities US$2 billion a year and adding new urgency to Lula’s promise to protect Indigenous lands
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