Eight rope bridges over an Amazon road recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings in Brazil; not a single roadkill was recorded
- Image: Programa Alta Floresta Não AtropelaIn Alta Floresta, a small Amazon town in northern Mato Grosso, eight rope bridges installed in 2024 now span the road leading into town, and the results after 15 months are striking.
- Camera traps recorded about 15,000 safe crossings by tree-dwelling animals, including several monkey species, and not a single roadkill.
- The bridges come from Projeto Reconecta, founded by biologist Fernanda Abra, and are now being expanded in other parts of Brazil and in Suriname.
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- Image: Programa Alta Floresta Não AtropelaIn Alta Floresta, a small Amazon town in northern Mato Grosso, eight rope bridges installed in 2024 now span the road leading into town, and the results after 15 months are striking.
- Camera traps recorded about 15,000 safe crossings by tree-dwelling animals, including several monkey species, and not a single roadkill.
- The bridges come from Projeto Reconecta, founded by biologist Fernanda Abra, and are now being expanded in other parts of Brazil and in Suriname.
Sources: Times of India