Building Roads Could Deforest Millions of Hectares in the Amazon Rainforest, Report Says

Reuters

Road projects in the Amazon could drive deforestation of millions of hectares over the next 20 years, environmental researchers said in a new report. Several countries and major companies have vowed to slow or halt deforestation in the Amazon, a major carbon sink for the planet. But despite those pledges, deforestation in the region has only gotten worse, our reporting found.

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