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Next big idea in forest conservation? Offer health care for forest protection
2014-03-21 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Dr. Kinari Webb has a superpower: the ability to provide high-quality health care in a remote and rural landscape. And she uses her power not only to save lives, but also to protect the remaining Bornean rainforests. Twenty-one years ago, Kinari Webb traveled to Borneo to work with orangutans. She witnessed the faltering health of both the people and the environment and saw that the two issues were inseparable. When families must choose between the health of their children and the health of the...
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