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Sustainable Mobility: Mitigating the Impact of Road Transport Infrastructure on Wildlife

Roads and traffic cause many casualties among the wildlife population, in a range from hundreds of thousands to several hundred million animals annually depending on the country. This is an increasing global concern because global road expansion continues at an unprecedented rate and will mostly be concentrated in low-income countries where many of the planet’s most biologically rich and environmentally important ecosystems are situated.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2023
    • Author(s): PETERS Vanessa / GUINARD Eric / DIMNET Eric
    • Domain(s): Environment
    • Type: RR398 - Features
    • PIARC Ref.: RR398-024
    • Number of pages: 5
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 398

    3e trimestre 2023 / Septembre

    Routes et biodiversité