THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN SHOWING TO MY STUDENTS: ONE ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST IS THE BEGINNING OF HUGE DESTRUCTION

Last great regions of pristine wilderness from Asia to Amazon under threat from massive road-building projects, scientist warns

“The best analogy I can use is that deforestation acts like a cancer. When the first road is built into a forested or wilderness area, deforestation tends to spread contagiously along the road route,” Professor Laurance said.

[Above, as reported on The Independent, London]

The slides below 'give evidence' of the effects of roads opened through the Amazonian region, in Brazil.

100 thousand km  of illegal roads opened along the main road from Altamira to Rurópolis in Pará state,

allowing wide deforestation in the Amazonian region.