May 18, 2016 at 05:54PM Logging roads: they disrupt forests, but foster the regeneration of logged trees

Work by researchers from CIRAD and the University of Bangor has shown that in the Congo Basin, in 30 years, almost 90% of the roads built by forestry firms have been abandoned and successfully recolonized by vegetation. These results demonstrate that the environmental impact of disused roads is less marked than expected, but also show that biomass production remains affected for a substantial period of time.

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