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The Amazon is not safe under Brazil's new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

By Robert T. Walker, Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida

Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.

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