Bowles, Ian A.
Vice President, Conservation International, Washington D.C.
Prickett, Glenn T.
Senior Director, Conservation International, Washington D.C.
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512578-8
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0018
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512578-8
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0018
17 Roads and Tropical ForestsFrom White Lines to White Elephants
This chapter examines the nature of roads’ environmental impacts and presents four fundamental strategies to ensure that road planning minimized the worst and least reversible of these impacts. Recent experiences in Brazil and Bolivia illustrate how the threat to road-induced habitat loss was addressed in varying circumstances
Keywords: biodiversity, Bolivia, Brazil, regional planning, roads
Keywords: biodiversity, Bolivia, Brazil, regional planning, roads
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0018
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