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'Ghost Roads' That Aren't Supposed to Exist Are Killing The World's Forests


A massive effort to 'hand-map' undocumented roads has revealed the staggering extent of illegal or informal thoroughfares cut through forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and New Guinea.

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