The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits for deforestation. However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more ...

The first detailed analysis of ‘secondary roads’ — those that sprout off the first road cut through an undeveloped forest — shows that they can cause forest loss hundreds of times greater ...

James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to extensive deforestation across the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin ...

Illustrative project takes a backseat as the secondary roads department focuses on the next two years of the five-year plan ...