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#News: #Roads of destruction: #researchers find vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ are used to crack open pristine rainforest leading to #ecocide, #landgrabbing and biodiversity loss #Boycottpalmoil @theconversationau https://theconversation.com/roads-of-destruction-we-found-vast-numbers-of-illegal-ghost-roads-used-to-crack-open-pristine-rainforest-227222
Roads of destruction: we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest
What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins.The Conversation
The lowland #Tapir of #SouthAmerica a beautiful forest guardian can weigh up to 250kg, threatened by rainforests cut through by #roads in #SouthAmerica along with #soy #palmoil #deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/01/20/in-the-atlantic-forest-the-lowland-tapir-is-at-risk-of-extinction/ via @palmoildetect
In the Atlantic Forest, the lowland tapir is at risk of extinction
Lowland tapir populations in the Atlantic Forest in South America are at risk of almost complete disappearance, scientists have estimated. Weighing up to 250 kg, the animal can adapt to most habita…Palm Oil Detectives