Areas of the #Amazon #rainforest that #IndigenousPeoples #protect absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne #pollution each year. This #saves around $2bn annually in #healthcare #costs for the treatment of #respiratory & #cardiovascular #diseases - according to a #study published on 6 April.
The decade-long study #analysed the #health #impacts of #ForestFures in the #Brazilian Amazon.
The study found that #Indigenous #forests #prevent 15m cases of #disease each year.
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