The Challenge
The Trend
A rapidly expanding network of roads is permanently degrading the world's largest tropical forest: the Amazon.
For every kilometer of new road built, 40,000 square meters of forest are cleared.
About 15% of all Earth's biodiversity is in the Amazon.
The Amazon is home to 30 million inhabitants, most of them indigenous people.
If current trends continue, 40% of Amazonian forests will be lost by 2050.
The Opportunity