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Forests and Health
FromNature Breaking
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Craig Beatty, WWF’s manager of forest strategy and research, talks about how forests can help deliver health benefits to people by limiting the spread of diseases (3:50), regulating heat (7:40), and more. He also shares some steps governments and other actors can take to help keep forests intact (13:30). LINKS: Vitality of Forests Report: https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/the-vitality-of-forests-illustrating-the-evidence-connecting-forests-and-human-health WWF Forests Page: https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/forests
Released:
Aug 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (46)
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