Written by Georg Hahn.

March 21 is the International Day of Forests. This mid-March timeframe has also come to mark the second anniversary of when the Covid-19 pandemic began rapidly spreading across most of Europe and the United States. Taken together, the two events call attention to the relationship between forests and public health. This connection is one we have known about for some time, and still yet it has not led us to break the vicious cycle between deforestation and health crises. In this regard, we must challenge ourselves to think more creatively and innovatively.

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