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T1 Investing in Forests to Build Back Better & Greener: How Forests Can Contribute to Strengthening the Resilience of Societies and Economies
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 COVID-19
K1 forest resource
K1 forest conservation
K1 deforestation
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34054
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34054
NO The world’s forests act as shields, keeping humans safe from zoonotic diseases, such as coronaviruses. Their destruction can havedevastating consequences for global public health. Forest conservation and restoration are win-wins for stimulus investment. They can create millions of green jobs to boost rural economies and provide long term sustainable growth. Recovery packages and corporatebailouts should be structured in ways that reduce, not increase, deforestation in order to strengthen the resilience of societies andeconomies.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026