Global impacts of transportation infrastructure on forest degradation and loss.

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  2026

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  Nature Communications

• Publication date

  2026-02-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-69150-4PMID 41639061PMCID PMC12979849
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