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A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status

2016; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 354; Issue: 6318 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.aaf7166

1095-9203

Pierre L. Ibisch, Monika T. Hoffmann, Stefan Kreft, Guy Pe’er, Vassiliki Kati, Lisa Biber‐Freudenberger, Dominick A. DellaSala, Mariana M. Vale, P. R. Hobson, Nuria Selva,

Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Too many roads Roads have done much to help humanity spread across the planet and maintain global movement and trade. However, roads also damage wild areas and rapidly contribute to habitat degradation and species loss. Ibisch et al. cataloged the world's roads. Though most of the world is not covered by roads, it is fragmented by them, with only 7% of land patches created by roads being greater than 100 km 2 . Furthermore, environmental protection of roadless areas is insufficient, which could lead to further degradation of the world's remaining wildernesses. Science , this issue p. 1423