- Road network spreads ‘arteries of destruction’ across 41% of Brazilian Amazon. Researchers estimated that at least 86% of the extent of these roads are unofficial, built by loggers, goldminers, and unauthorized land settlements from existing official roads https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/15/3625 5 comments science
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- Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest – Brazil's runoff election could be a turning point https://theconversation.com/indigenous-defenders-stand-between-illegal-roads-and-survival-of-the-amazon-rainforest-elections-in-brazil-and-peru-could-be-a-turning-point-190550 3 comments
- Roads of destruction: we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest https://theconversation.com/roads-of-destruction-we-found-vast-numbers-of-illegal-ghost-roads-used-to-crack-open-pristine-rainforest-227222 2 comments
- Unseen and unregulated: ‘Ghost’ roads carve up Asia-Pacific tropical forests https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/unseen-and-unregulated-ghost-roads-carve-up-asia-pacific-tropical-forests/ 0 comments
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