we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest
- Written by: Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
Rhett Butler, Author providedOne of Brazil’s top scientists, Eneas Salati, once said, “The best thing you could do for the Amazon rainforest is to blow up all the roads.” He wasn’t joking. And he had a point.
In an article published today in Nature, my colleagues and I show that illicit, often out-of-control road building...
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