A Global Strategy for Road Building
Publisher: Nature
Author(s): William F. Laurance, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Sean Sloan, Christine S. O’Connell, Nathan D. Mueller, Miriam Goosem, Oscar Venter, David P. Edwards, Ben Phalan, Andrew Balmford, Rodney Van Der Ree & Irene Burgues Arrea
Date: 2024
Topics: Land
The report identifies areas with high environmental values where future road building should be avoided if possible, areas where strategic road improvements could promote agricultural development with relatively modest environmental costs, and ‘conflict areas’ where road building could have sizeable benefits for agriculture but with serious environmental damage. The plan provides a template for proactively zoning and prioritizing roads during the most explosive era of road expansion in human history.