Nature World: Between 2004 and 2007, more than 50,000 kilometers (31,000 miles) of roads were built in the Brazilian Amazon, contributing to untold deforestation and habitat loss, according to a new study which is the first to measure the number of roads built in a rainforest ecosystem over an extended period of time.
Writing in the journal Regional Environmental Change, researchers from Imperial College London also pointed out that the way Amazon road networks develop is still poorly understood and that similar...