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.

Initially fueled by former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022),the prospect of repaving the road spurred a frenzy of speculative land grabbing and doubled deforestation in the area from 2020 to 2022.

Colombia's Procurator's Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City — in six months due to illegal road construction, expanding coca ...

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

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 ...

But experts say it would also lead to more deforestation and climate change, the driver of the periodic megadroughts that have gripped the region.

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 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.

Authorities are urged to investigate the legality of new roads and issue immediate closure orders where appropriate. Last year, Colombia’s government reported that deforestation fell 36% in 2023 ...

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.