Moreira RM, Sills EO. Conservation: The secondary road to deforestation.
Curr Biol 2025;
35:R258-R260. [PMID:
40199250 DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.059]
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Abstract
Deforestation follows road building in the tropics. A new study unpacks this empirical regularity, finding that most of the deforestation following construction of major new roads occurs adjacent to an extensive network of adjoining secondary roads.
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