Global consumption and international trade in deforestation-associated commodities could influence malaria risk

Because many primary commodities cause deforestation and deforestation can increase malaria transmission, international trade can thus indirectly influence malaria risk. Here the authors use trade databases for commodites associated with deforestation to demonstrate that consumption of such commodit...

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Autores principales: Leonardo Suveges Moreira Chaves, Jacob Fry, Arunima Malik, Arne Geschke, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Manfred Lenzen
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/96ad7e9edb904b338bc8282899def073
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Sumario:Because many primary commodities cause deforestation and deforestation can increase malaria transmission, international trade can thus indirectly influence malaria risk. Here the authors use trade databases for commodites associated with deforestation to demonstrate that consumption of such commodities in developed nations could increase malaria risk in developing nations.