least the roads were in Siberia and some regions of Africa.
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an international group of researchers, which included representatives from Brazil, great Britain, Germany, Greece, Poland and the United States, presented the “world map of off-road”. This map allows you to see how large the average distance between roads in different parts of the world. The mapmaker urge not to build roads where they do not, but instead to keep these pristine places the maximum benefit to the environment.
photo: Natalia Gubernatorova
Siberia, along with some parts of Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and a large part of Brazil was a region where the average distance between roads is maximized, that is, exceeded 65 kilometers. Less than a kilometre is the distance made in countries such as France, Italy and other European countries, as well as the road turned out to be very close to each other in many regions of the United States.
According to the researchers, throughout the world, excluding Antarctica and Greenland, there are about 600 thousand fairly large areas where there are no roads, and such areas are becoming fewer. Under protection is less than ten percent of these territories. Experts believe that the “protection” of the road should pay more attention in the name of preserving biodiversity on Earth and fight many other environmental problems.
the Researchers note that the problem of too rapid in some respects the spread of civilization becomes relevant very rapidly — according to some projections, by mid century the number of roads will increase by 60 percent. “Roads help people to settle across the planet, to freedom of movement and trade. However, it is detrimental to wildlife, leading to the extinction of whole species, and to date, regions without roads is not adequately protected” — note especialista.
“world map of off-road” presented in the journal Science.
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