Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
Nature11d
The surprising culprit for the loss of huge swathes of tropical forest
Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads ...
Phys.org7d
Roads less traveled multiply deforestation in the Amazon and beyond
Secondary roads accounted for forest loss and degradation rates that were 31.5 times greater than first-cut roads in the Congo Basin, 22.2 times greater in New Guinea, and 305.2 times greater in ...