Amazon deforestation may unleash all sorts of new pandemics
Changes in the Amazon are driving displaced species of animals into new areas, while opening the region to arrivals of more savanna-adapted species, including rodents
15 October 2020 - 16:40
Sao Paulo — As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases.
Changes in the Amazon are driving displaced species of animals, from bats to monkeys to mosquitoes, into new areas, while opening the region to arrivals of more savanna-adapted species, including rodents...
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