Protecting Brazilian Amazon Indigenous territories reduces atmospheric particulates and avoids associated health impacts and costs

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Press Briefing Recording

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Media Advisory

English: 

  • New peer-reviewed research to quantify “critical impact” of Indigenous-managed forests on disease, healthcare costs linked to release of deadly pollutants during Amazon burning season:
    media-advisory-pdf-english.pdf

Portuguese: 

  • Nova pesquisa revisada por pares para quantificar o impacto crítico que as florestas sob manejo de Povos Indígenas têm nas doenças e custos de saúde relacionados à presença de poluentes letais durante a temporada de queimadas na Amazônia:
    media-advisory-pdf-port.pdf

Press Release

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English: 

  • 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:
    press-release-pdf-english-1680195043.pdf

Portuguese: 

  • Novo estudo de dez anos, revisado por pares, sugere que as florestas administradas por Indígenas na Amazônia Brasileira absorvem milhares de poluentes de gases venenosos provenientes de incêndios florestais, evitando 15 milhões de dispendiosos casos de doenças todos os anos:
    press-release-pdf-port.pdf

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