It is projected that 25 million km of new paved roads will be developed globally by 2050—
enough to encircle the planet more than 600 times. Roughly 90% of new roads will be built …

Road networks are expanding in tropical countries, increasing human access to remote
forests that act as refuges for biodiversity and provide globally important ecosystem services …

Roads facilitate development in remote forest regions, often with detrimental consequences
for ecosystems. In the Congo Basin, unpaved logging roads used by timber firms, as well as …

In this study, the recently launched Sentinel-2 (S2) optical satellite and the active radar
Sentinel-1 (S1) satellite supported by active fire data from the MODIS sensor were used to …

Over 400 million hectares of tropical forests are managed for timber production, comprising
more than half of the remaining global permanent tropical forest estate. A growing proportion …

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 extraction of timber often conflicts with the well-being and conservation of wildlife. In
particular, there is a need to better understand the impact of tree removal under selective …

Economic growth in Africa accelerated in the new millennium, enhancing confidence in the
continent's future. Positive developments have taken place in the liberalization of trade and …

Environmental conservation is increasingly operated through partnerships among state,
private, and civil society actors, yet little is known empirically about how such collectives …

Across Africa, transport infrastructure, including roads, is being built in over 30 planned
development corridors that are likely to have major impacts on remaining natural habitats …