How Forest Loss Is Leading  To a Rise in Human Disease

How Forest Loss Is Leading To a Rise in Human Disease

02/23/2016

"A growing body of scientific evidence shows that the felling of tropical forests creates optimal conditions for the spread of mosquito-borne scourges, including malaria and dengue. Primates and other animals are also spreading disease from cleared forests to people."

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