Global 'Roadmap' Shows Where To Put Roads Without Costing The Earth

Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 00:10 in Earth & Climate

Deforestation along roads in Rondonia, Brazil. Source: Google EarthBy Bill Laurance, James Cook University“The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to blow up all the roads.” These might sound like the words of an eco-terrorist, but it’s actually a direct quote from Professor Eneas Salati, a forest climatologist and one of Brazil’s most respected scientists. read more

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