Massive road and rail projects could be Africa's greatest environmental challenge
Laurance, William F. (2015) Massive road and rail projects could be Africa's greatest environmental challenge. The Conversation.
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[Extract] Africa's natural environments and spectacular wildlife are about to face their biggest challenge ever. In a paper published today in Current Biology, my colleagues and I assess the dramatic environmental changes that will be driven by an infrastructure-expansion scheme so sweeping in scope, it is dwarfing anything the Earth’s biggest continent has ever been forced to endure.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commentary) |
| Keywords: | Tropical biology |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2016 04:10 |
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