Date: __ /11/2024 Value:15,0 __ Amazon studies link malaria to deforestation [RIO DE JANEIRO] Two studies in the Amazon rainforest link between deforestation and an the region increased risk of malaria. The findings have implications for health management and environmental pellicy in to research published today.the clearing of trees in Brazil's Amazon region to create new settlements increas malaria by creating areas of standing water in which mosquitoes can lay their eggs. The study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also found that once agriculture and urban development are established in frontier regions, this declines and malaria transmission rates fall, "Malaria mitigation for frontier settlements require a of preventive and curative methods and close collaboration between the settlements requireral sectors?the team led by Marcia Caldas de Castro of the University of South Carolina United States. The study comes less than a month after one in neighbouring Peru showed that malaria epidemics in the Amazon were linked to deforestation The findings appeared in January issue of the American Joumal of Tropical Modicine and Hygiene The study showed that the biting rate of Anopheles darlingl, the Amazon's main malaria-spreading mosquito was nearly 300 times greater in cleared areas than in ones. "Most people think malaria is on the rise simply because the mosquito feeds on the increasing numbers of humans in the rainforest. But our results show that altering the landscape likely plays an even larger role than people moving into the jungle", says lead researcher Jonathan Patz, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. Patz says the fact that deforestation may affect the prevalence of a disease like malaria raises some "I feel conservation policy is one and the same with public health policy. It's probable that protect conservation areas may ultimately be an important tool in our disease prevention strategies", he says. 1. estudo publicado no Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences mostra que A) o mosquito transmissor da malária nào sobrevive em ambientes urbanos. B) o desenvolvimento de dreas agricolas prejudica os métodos de prevenção da malária. C) o desmatamento aumenta o risco de malária a curto prazo pois proporciona ambientes de água estagnada, proplcios a criadouro de mosquitos. D) as politicas ambientais e de saúde pública na região amazônica estão sintonizadas para erradicar as doenças tropicais decorrentes do desmatamento. 2. Segundo o pesquisador Jonathan Patz, desmatamento pode afetar a predominância de doenças como por exemplo, a malária o que levanta questóes mais amplas. B) as estratégias de prevenção de doenças devem levar em conta o agronegócio e os povos da floresta. C) a malária está aumentando, simplesmente porque hà mais pessoas entrando na floresta. D) a alteração da natureza desempenha um papel importante na vida das pessoas que vivem na selva. 3. No trecho do segundo parágrafo do texto ."this habitat declines and malana transmission rates fair, this habitat refere-se a A) Agriculture and urban development. B) Frontier regions. C) Brazil's Amazon region. D) Areas of standing water. 4. Segundo o texto os dois estudos A) foram elaborados no Brasil e publicados em periódicos internacionais nos Estados Unidos. B) vinculam o desmatamento da Floresta Amazônica à maior incidência de malária. C) sugerem que a ambiental resolverá o problema das doenças tropicais em geral D) atribuem o aumento da malária na região amazônica a politicas de saúde pública inadequadas.