Deforestation and COVID-19: a deadly combination for Brazil's indigenous people

Humberto Laudares ( Graduate Institute & University of Geneva) reveals a positive & statistically significant relationship between deforestation & the transmission of COVID19 in indigenous communities in Brazil. With intensified Mining & Conflict contributing to the spread. Read the paper discussed in this video in Issue 53 of CEPR's Covid Economics Papers

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Topics:  Covid-19 Development

Tags:  COVID-19, Brazil, deforestation

Humberto Laudares

PhD candidate in Global Health/Biomedical Science, University of Geneva

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