680000 acres of Amazon rainforest may be lost to Peru’s new roads

Mongabay
Jan 18, 2018, 5:47 pm281 pts
Late last year, the Peruvian government gave the go-ahead for the construction of new roads along its border with Brazil in the Ucayali and Madre de Dios regions. The main road would span 172 miles, connecting the towns of Puerto Esperanza and Iñapari. But such development has a cost. A new analysis finds…

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