Scientists have said that illegal logging in Liberian jungles may have been a factor in Ebola's spread through West Africa.
The logging activity, a sizable share of which is illegal, may have unleashed Ebola-carrying fruit bats. To stem further outbreak of the virus, scientists have offered up a solution—stem illegal logging.
Norway recently struck a deal that would give Liberia about $150 million over the next six years to fund "protective measures aimed at stamping out illegal logging" in the country's agricultural sector, according to The Guardian.
While Norway was in talks with Liberia before the Ebola virus began spreading, the timing of the deal, given the exponentially increasing death tolls, could be crucial.
The current death toll from the virus is 2,917, and some predict that number to skyrocket to 1.4 million by mid-January, according to The Guardian.
