In the Brazilian Amazon, a road project drives the threat of deforestation

Mongabay
Jul 5, 2021, 5:49 am282 pts
The pace of deforestation has surged in the region around Brazil’s BR-319 highway since the federal government announced its interest in restarting road works, a new study has found. The paper by researchers from Brazil’s National Institute of Spatial Research (INPE) and the University of Kansas reports…

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