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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1910853117
论文题名:
A better Amazon road network for people and the environment
作者: Vilela T.; Harb A.M.; Bruner A.; Da Silva Arruda V.L.; Ribeiro V.; Alencar A.A.C.; Grandez A.J.E.; Rojas A.; Laina A.; Botero R.
刊名: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 0027-8424
出版年: 2020
卷: 117, 期:13
起始页码: 7095
结束页码: 7102
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Amazon ; Cost-benefit analysis ; Deforestation ; Roads network
Scopus关键词: article ; cost benefit analysis ; deforestation ; environmental impact ; funding ; human
英文摘要: The rapidly expanding network of roads into the Amazon is permanently altering the world's largest tropical forest. Most proposed road projects lack rigorous impact assessments or even basic economic justification. This study analyzes the expected environmental, social and economic impacts of 75 road projects, totaling 12 thousand kilometers of planned roads, in the region. We find that all projects, although in different magnitudes, will negatively impact the environment. Forty-five percent will also generate economic losses, even without accounting for social and environmental externalities. Canceling economically unjustified projects would avoid 1.1 million hectares of deforestation and US$ 7.6 billion in wasted funding for development projects. For projects that exceed a basic economic viability threshold, we identify the ones that are comparatively better not only in terms of economic return but also have lower social and environmental impacts. We find that a smaller set of carefully chosen projects could deliver 77% of the economic benefit at 10% of the environmental and social damage, showing that it is possible to have efficient tradeoff decisions informed by legitimately determined national priorities. © 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/164270
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作者单位: Vilela, T., Conservation Strategy Fund, Washington, DC 20009, United States; Harb, A.M., Conservation Strategy Fund, La Paz, Bolivia; Bruner, A., Conservation Strategy Fund, Washington, DC 20009, United States; Da Silva Arruda, V.L., Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Brasília-DF, 70863-520, Brazil; Ribeiro, V., Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Brasília-DF, 70863-520, Brazil, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, 104 51, Sweden; Alencar, A.A.C., Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Brasília-DF, 70863-520, Brazil; Grandez, A.J.E., Conservation Strategy Fund, Lima, 15049, Peru; Rojas, A., Fundación Para la Conservación y El Desarrollo Sostenible, Bogotá, 111071, Colombia; Laina, A., Fundación Para la Conservación y El Desarrollo Sostenible, Bogotá, 111071, Colombia; Botero, R., Fundación Para la Conservación y El Desarrollo Sostenible, Bogotá, 111071, Colombia

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Vilela T.,Harb A.M.,Bruner A.,et al. A better Amazon road network for people and the environment[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,2020-01-01,117(13)
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