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Amazon jungle could vanish: Report
The world’s largest tropical jungle could be lost in the coming 40 years if development projects in the region are undertaken says a latest report.
LONDON: The Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest tropical jungle in South America, could be lost in 40 years if development projects to improve road and river transport in the region are undertaken, according to a report.
Plans have been drawn up to boost trade links between ten economic hubs on the continent, but threaten to bring "a perfect storm of environmental destruction" to the world’s oldest rainforest, the Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing the report from Conservation International.
The organisation has recently examined the projects funded under the multinational government-backed Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA). "Failure to foresee the full impact of IIRSA investments, particularly in the context of climate change and global markets, will bring about a combination of forces that could lead to a perfect storm of environmental destruction," Conservation International scientist Tim Killeen said.
Part of the improvements will see motorway-style roads built from the Andes, across the Amazon to the Cerrado tropical savannah, linking the Pacific to the Atlantic, "which will raise the risk of widespread deforestation", according to the report.
Improved transport networks throughout the Amazon will make it easier for inaccessible areas to be logged and burned, disrupting the ecosystems that support native species and indigenous populations, it said.
"Damage to the ecosystem could have wide-ranging implications," the Conservation International warned. The group has also urged the governments backing the IIRSA to take greater account of the ecological impact of the projects and encourage more sustainable use of the region’s resources.
Plans have been drawn up to boost trade links between ten economic hubs on the continent, but threaten to bring "a perfect storm of environmental destruction" to the world’s oldest rainforest, the Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing the report from Conservation International.
The organisation has recently examined the projects funded under the multinational government-backed Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA). "Failure to foresee the full impact of IIRSA investments, particularly in the context of climate change and global markets, will bring about a combination of forces that could lead to a perfect storm of environmental destruction," Conservation International scientist Tim Killeen said.
Part of the improvements will see motorway-style roads built from the Andes, across the Amazon to the Cerrado tropical savannah, linking the Pacific to the Atlantic, "which will raise the risk of widespread deforestation", according to the report.
Improved transport networks throughout the Amazon will make it easier for inaccessible areas to be logged and burned, disrupting the ecosystems that support native species and indigenous populations, it said.
"Damage to the ecosystem could have wide-ranging implications," the Conservation International warned. The group has also urged the governments backing the IIRSA to take greater account of the ecological impact of the projects and encourage more sustainable use of the region’s resources.
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