This matters because safeguarding the Amazon not only preserves biodiversity but also plays a crucial role in public health. Understanding the link between environmental protection and community health can drive more effective conservation efforts.

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has foundFor Bolivian park ranger Marcos Uzquiano, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/20/bolivia-chiquitania-wildfires-climate-crisis-drought-food-shortages-health-disease-women-sexual-violence">the fallout from wildfires</a> in the Amazon goes far beyond the damage they do to wildlife and biodiversity. “It’s devastating – it undermines all the functions and benefits that forests provide to Indigenous communities. They affect the air we breathe and cause respiratory infections, eye irritation and throat inflammation,” he says.Uzquiano’s experience at Beni Biosphere Reserve is reflected in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02620-7">new research</a> which suggests that preserving Amazonian forests helps to protect millions from disease. Analysing 20 years of data on 27 diseases – including malaria, Chagas disease and hantavirus – researchers found that municipalities in the Amazon biome near healthy forests on Indigenous lands across eight countries faced a lower risk of disease. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/14/forests-disease-wildfires-deforestation-amazonian-rainforest">Continue reading...</a>

هذا مهم لأن حماية الأمازون لا تحافظ فقط على التنوع البيولوجي، بل تلعب أيضًا دورًا حاسمًا في الصحة العامة. يمكن أن يؤدي فهم العلاقة بين حماية البيئة وصحة المجتمع إلى تعزيز جهود الحفظ بشكل أكثر فعالية.

تظهر الأبحاث أن الحفاظ على غابة الأمازون يحمي المجتمعات من المخاطر الصحية المرتبطة بالحرائق والغابات وإزالة الغابات. يبرز حارس الغابات البوليفي ماركوس أوزكيانو التأثيرات الأوسع لهذه القضايا البيئية.

Esto es importante porque salvaguardar la Amazonía no solo preserva la biodiversidad, sino que también juega un papel crucial en la salud pública. Comprender el vínculo entre la protección ambiental y la salud comunitaria puede impulsar esfuerzos de conservación más efectivos.

Investigaciones muestran que preservar la selva amazónica protege a las comunidades de los riesgos de salud asociados con incendios forestales y deforestación. El guardaparques boliviano Marcos Uzquiano destaca los impactos más amplios de estos problemas ambientales.

Cela importe car la protection de l'Amazonie préserve non seulement la biodiversité, mais joue également un rôle crucial dans la santé publique. Comprendre le lien entre la protection de l'environnement et la santé des communautés peut favoriser des efforts de conservation plus efficaces.

Des recherches montrent que la préservation de la forêt amazonienne protège les communautés des risques sanitaires liés aux incendies de forêt et à la déforestation. Le garde forestier bolivien Marcos Uzquiano souligne les impacts plus larges de ces problèmes environnementaux.

Research shows that preserving the Amazon rainforest protects communities from health risks associated with wildfires and deforestation. Bolivian park ranger Marcos Uzquiano highlights the broader impacts of these environmental issues.

‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease

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