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A Road to Where? The consequences of new roads in the Amazon

July 25, 2023July 24, 2023 by Aaron Ebner

Roads will continue to be built in the Amazon, however, severe environmental degradation does not have to be part of that reality. 

Categories Environment, Environment featured Tags biodiversity, biodiversity conservation, indigenous and community conserved areas, road building, the Amazon Leave a comment

How Britain fell in and out of love with roads

January 4, 2023 by Andrew Curry

Welcome to the modern world. Just at the point in history when we needed to manage our consumption, we had installed all the conditions for a fossil-fuel driven boom in consumerism.

Categories Energy, Energy featured, Environment Tags car culture, road building, Transport Leave a comment

The Global Road-Building Explosion is Shattering Nature

December 15, 2020December 19, 2016 by Bill Laurance

The bottom line is that if we’re smart and plan carefully, we can still increase food production and human equity across much of the world.

Categories Environment, Environment featured Tags deforestation, environmental degradation, habitat loss, road building Leave a comment

A Proposed Scar on Alaska’s Brooks Range – The Road to Ambler

December 15, 2020April 24, 2014 by Jill Yordy

If Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell gets his way, an industrial road through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is in our future.

Categories Environment Tags resource extraction, road building Leave a comment

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