News Headline

95% of Amazon deforestation happens near roads or major rivers

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-08-06

94.9 percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs on land less than 5 kilometers from a road or navigable river, finds a new study published in the journal Biological Conservation.

Content
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0805-amazon-roads-and-deforestation.html#LM4fpsjLLjLd1Xbo.99