With Moore Foundation funding through a 2011 grant to the University of Leeds, researchers conducted a large-scale ecological study to improve our understanding of the large-area effects of drought and the dry season on the structure, composition and function of forests in the Western Amazon Basin. The latest findings from that research, published in Nature Geoscience, draw a clear connection between deforestation and adverse effects for public health.
Read the journal article, "Air quality and human health improvements from reductions in deforestation-related fire in Brazil," here.
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