by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Protecting rainforests<\/strong> contributes to improving the health<\/strong> of people living in their regions. That is the message from a study<\/a> by the University of Bonn<\/strong>, Germany, and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais<\/strong>, Brazil. Countering slash-and-burn practices<\/a>, in detail, \u201csignificantly reduce the concentration of particulate matter in the air,\u201d a statement<\/a> highlights. “The number of hospital stays and deaths due to respiratory diseases thus also decreases.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2019, recalls the study published in the journal Nature Communications, Earth & Environment. nearly 70,000 square kilometers of forest, an area the size of Bavaria, were burned in the Amazon region<\/strong>. Smoke generated during fires, the researchers recall, is a major trigger of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n