LEEDS: Tropical biologists are warning an explosion of new infrastructure in developing countries is putting the environment and crucial biodiversity at risk.
By the middle of this century it’s estimated there will be 25 million kilometres of new roads, enough to circle the earth 600 times.
Ninety per cent of planned infrastructure will be in developing countries.
In the latest issue of the magazine Current Biology a group of scientists outlines nine ways to reduce the environmental toll.
Lead author Professor Bill Laurance says the Pacific is not exempt from problems created by poorly thought-out infrastrucutre projects.
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