Total human impact footprints of first-cut roads reached up to 1,923 hectares per kilometer in the Brazilian Amazon, 272 ...

In New Guinea, secondary roads contributed to 22.2 times more forest loss, and in the Brazilian Amazon they led to 305.2 times more deforestation and degradation compared with primary roads.

By Carolyn Cowan The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures.

Colombia's Procurator's Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City ...

7, 2024. Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a road that experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation. More Edmar Barros/AP Photo "We can't leave two ...

James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to extensive deforestation across the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin ...

The project was inspired by 14-year-old Alisha Wald's experience seeing the rainforest near her grandparents' home in ...

U.N. climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belém in November 2025, it will be tempting to ...

Rapid deforestation in the Amazon is reducing the amount of rainfall, therefore exacerbating the drought and risk of extreme wildfires. Paving the road, however, would have social benefits for the ...

which were used to estimate monthly deforestation. Precipitation, temperature, roads, population, land use, and information on protected areas were also gathered. By incorporating these diverse ...

The BR-319 roadway is a mostly dirt road through the rainforest that connects ... what steps the government would take to try to prevent deforestation from increasing after paving.