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Road networks stretching into the forests of the Congo Basin: satellites and AI help monitor

Road development in the Congo Basin forests over the past five years. Credit: Remote Sensing of Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114380 The Congo Basin rainforests are the second largest tropical forests in the world, store large amounts of carbon and host high levels of biodiversity. Historically these forests have remained largely intact, but more recently road development has posed a significant…