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Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost?

  • Written by Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology, Boston University, Boston University
Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost?Reducing deforestation of tropical forests and supporting the communities that live there can reduce the risk of future pandemics.AFP via Getty Images

In a recent journal article, a team of biologists, medical scientists, environmental scientists and conservationists proposed a number of measures to reduce the likelihood of future pandemics, many...

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