Fishbone Forests
Road to ruin: Roads threatens heart of the rainforest or
Amazon’s road to ruin: highway threatens heart of the rainforest
The production of Fishbone Forests in Bellingen or the Amazon

“When a new road pierces the Amazon rainforest, it creates what is known as the fishbone effect. First comes the spine, which is a highway opened up by bulldozers, asphalters and pavers. Soon after follow the ribs, the spur roads on either side that are carved out – often illegally – by land-grabbers, loggers, miners and farmers. From a satellite or plane, the end result resembles the skeleton of a herring with all of the surrounding vegetation steadily filleted away by chainsaws and fire.”

“The noise of the machines tearing through the forest has been driving animals away”

In the new settlements “is where the asphalt runs out and upgrade work would begin. The town has no pavements or stable electricity. During storms, sewage overflows on to the tracks. But settlers have high hopes.”

“As dozens of scientists warned in an open letter in 2021: “Once roads are built in the Amazon, the events that follow are largely out of the government’s control.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/05/amazon-road-ruin-highway-threatens-heart-rainforest

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