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The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot
The borders of BR-163 road, home to PDS Brasília, is one of the Amazon’s deforestation and fire hotspots. Image courtesy of ...
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Secondary roads cause more deforestation than primary roads in tropical forests
On average, for every kilometer (0.6 miles) of first-cut road, the study found an additional 4.8 km (3 mi) of secondary roads in the Congo Basin, 9.8 km (6 mi) in New Guinea, and a striking 49.1 ...