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Roads through the rainforest: an overview of South America's 'arc of deforestation'

2014-07-22 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: When a new road centipedes its way across a landscape, the best of intentions may be laid with the pavement. But roads, by their very nature, are indiscriminate pathways, granting access for travel and trade along with deforestation and other forms of environmental degradation. And as the impacts of roads on forest ecosystems become clear, governments and planning agencies reach a moral crossroads. Roads have the potential to greatly cut costs for businesses and farms, grant rural communities...

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