Roads, mines, dams, power lines, pipelines and other infrastructure projects are fast eating into the world's 'core forests', writes Bill Laurance. These rare and precious places where wildlife and ecological processes can flourish undisturbed must come before the evanescent gains of 'development'. To save what's left, governments and funders must learn the word 'No!'
… the 12 dams planned for Brazil's Tapajós River are expected to increase Amazon … planned for the Congo Basin and Mekong River will also cause big problems, with …
What's needed to pull the world's economy out of recession? According to the G20, it's a massive wave of 'infrastructure' development worth as much $70 trillion, writes Bill Laurance. But all the roads, mines, dams, pipelines and 'development corridors' will inflict massive damage on wildlife populations and natural havens, not to mention local communities that stand in the way.
… The 12 dams planned for the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, will … Instead, workers use helicopters or traverse rivers to reach the site. Encourage lenders …
Roads are responsible for massive environmental damage around the world, writes Bill Laurance - yet they also bring huge benefits. His solution? A new atlas that shows where the 'goods' of roads outweigh the 'bads', so that developing countries can harness the prosperity new roads can bring, without the destruction.
… into virtual moonscapes and polluting entire river systems with the toxic mercury they use to separate the gold from river sediments. The first cut is the …