Environmental Science
3 years ago

Proposed road threatens Brazilian Amazon park, risking accelerated deforestation.

Environmental Conservation
Serra do Divisor National Park: a protected area under threat in the south-western Brazilian Amazon
Diogo Mitsuru Koga, Foster Brown, Philip M. Fearnside, David S. Salisbury, Sonaira Souza da Silva

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The Serra do Divisor National Park in the Brazilian Amazon is at risk due to proposed road construction and downgrading to an 'environmental protection area'. Satellite images show that pasture land increased significantly around the park from 1988 to 2018, while only 1% of the park's primary forest was lost. If the road is built and the park is downgraded, there could be more deforestation and forest degradation in the future.