2020
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202020191375
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Abstract: Amazonian biodiversity is increasingly threatened due to the weakening of policies for combating deforestation, especially in Brazil. Loss of animal and plant species, many not yet known to science, is just one among many negative consequences of Amazon deforestation. Deforestation affects indigenous communities, riverside as well as urban populations, and even planetary health. Amazonia has a prominent role in regulating the Earth's climate, with forest loss contributing to rising regional and global temperat… Show more

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“…However, in addition to the Indigenous socialization outside their lands, especially in the Southeast region, they have contact with health professionals and other individuals as loggers, miners, and squatters, who often trespass on the Indigenous lands and have taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to optimize their profiteering in areas previously preserved and destined to Indigenous people by law. Despite the social struggles to minimize the devastation of the forest and reduce the proliferation of infectious diseases [ 12 , 13 ], the current Brazilian political scenario did not create a protective environment and deforestation has increased exponentially [ 14 ]. As described by Ferrante and Fearnside (2020), the Indigenous community should be considered as a risk group, especially if considering the impact that other pandemics have had on this population, forcing the governmental actions as to highlight the isolation and protectionism position [ 15 ].…”
Section: Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, in addition to the Indigenous socialization outside their lands, especially in the Southeast region, they have contact with health professionals and other individuals as loggers, miners, and squatters, who often trespass on the Indigenous lands and have taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to optimize their profiteering in areas previously preserved and destined to Indigenous people by law. Despite the social struggles to minimize the devastation of the forest and reduce the proliferation of infectious diseases [ 12 , 13 ], the current Brazilian political scenario did not create a protective environment and deforestation has increased exponentially [ 14 ]. As described by Ferrante and Fearnside (2020), the Indigenous community should be considered as a risk group, especially if considering the impact that other pandemics have had on this population, forcing the governmental actions as to highlight the isolation and protectionism position [ 15 ].…”
Section: Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such threats are not limited to South-east Asia. For example, although there is currently limited encroachment into the TPSFs of the Peruvian Amazon from industrial agriculture and infrastructure development (Lilleskov et al, 2019), these threats are present and considerable (Baker et al, 2020;Roucoux et al, 2017), and could increase the likelihood of EID emergence from the Amazon in the near future (Ellwanger et al, 2020). Likewise, projected mining permits, gas and oil exploration, timber and palm oil concessions, associated road construction and changing rainfall patterns due to global warming pose potential risks to the relatively undisturbed TPSF of the Congo Basin and its wildlife (Dargie et al, 2019;Haensler, Saeed & Jacob, 2013;Miles et al, 2017;Wich et al, 2014).…”
Section: Are Tropical Peatlands a Potential Source Habitat For Diseasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They are also vulnerable to a high number of infectious and respiratory diseases (such as malaria, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, leishmaniasis, yellow fever, etc.) that are exacerbated by both changes in land use and climate [14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%