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Rope bridges over Amazon road log 15,000 wildlife crossings, zero roadkill
Original: Eight rope bridges over an Amazon road recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings in Brazil; not a single roadkil
Eight rope bridges suspended over a road in the Brazilian Amazon recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings, with not a single case of roadkill reported. The simple, low-cost structures appear to let monkeys, sloths and other canopy animals move across fragmented forest safely. Conservationists are pointing to the result as a model for reducing the impact of roads on rainforest wildlife.
Why now: The striking success of a cheap wildlife-crossing solution in the Amazon is drawing attention as a model for conservation
Evidence
- Eight rope bridges over an Amazon road recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings in Brazil; not a single roadkil · The Times of India
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