Study of Brazilian Amazon shows 50,000 km of road was built in just three years
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 13:20
in Earth & Climate
Nearly 17,000 kilometers of road were built in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest every year between 2004 and 2007. Although road-building is a major contributor to deforestation and habitat loss, the way in which road networks develop is still poorly understood. A new study is among the first to measure the number of roads built in a rainforest ecosystem over an extended period of time.