CO-Opportunities2.png (IMAGE) Stanford University Caption COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity to study policy interventions designed to prevent socio-environmental damage - such as deforestation due to poverty shocks, according to a Stanford-led paper. The results could help vulnerable people weather such shocks from COVID-19, and provide a deeper understanding of how and where poverty and environmental degradation are most tightly linked. Credit Daniele Gidsicki / WikiCommons Usage Restrictions credit Daniele Gidsicki / WikiCommons License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.