Rerouting a major Indonesian mining road to spare nature and reduce development costs

Abstract Road‐infrastructure projects are expanding rapidly worldwide while penetrating into previously undisturbed forests. In Sumatra, Indonesia, a planned 88‐km‐long mining road for transporting coal would imperil the Harapan Forest, the island's largest surviving tract of lowland rainforest...

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Main Authors: Jayden E. Engert, F‪rançoise Yoko Ishida, William F. Laurance
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-11-01
Series:Conservation Science and Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.521