For instance, approximately 62% of African forest elephants were lost between 2002 and 2011 (Maisels et al., 2013) with roads as major contributing factor (Laurance et al., 2006).

The tropical forests of Africa are experiencing unprecedented changes as a result of a rapid proliferation of roads and other infrastructure. These projects are dramatically increasing …

The map covers road development in tropical moist forests in the six Congo Basin countries Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, …

The South African forest road network density is estimated to range from 55m/ha to as high as 150m/ha. While roads are viewed as an asset to the forest, they are also a source of erosion …

The impact of logging on deforestation is partially ameliorated by the nearly fourfold higher rate of road abandonment inside concessions, but the marked overall expansion of logging roads in …

2024年12月15日 · In this study, we present novel remote sensing-based methods for automated monitoring of road development and apply them across the Congo Basin forest region, an area …

2009年12月1日 · Tropical species are especially vulnerable to such infrastructure because they include many ecological specialists that avoid even narrow (<30-m wide) clearings and forest …