article / Tue, 08 Jun, 2021
How deforestation and palm oil plantations impact on the emergence of zoonotic diseases like COVID
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Forests are critical in addressing the climate emergency. That is the central argument for REDD+, and the raison d’être for the UN-REDD Programme. But there is more. The world’s forests act as shields, keeping humans safe from new diseases. As we are...