Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.
Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.
I know nothing about this particular case. But trains are usually MUCH better for the environment than trucks, which is what they apparently use today. The articles I’m finding make it sound like the train tracks are gong to parallel the existing roads, so shouldn’t be a significant incursion to the wildlife.
If this was really a 1:1 exchange, environmentalists ought to be supporting this. I note they are not, which means something’s not adding up.
The are shrinking the protected areas along the railway - the whole thing is obviously not just about the train but about clearing more forest for soy farms (and making the process more profitable because trains are indeed MUCH more cost efficient than trucks)
I think the expectation is not that it’s a 1:1 exchange but that the train moves a lot more cattle feed, resulting in deforestation of a larger area when what needs to happen is a restoration of areas currently under cultivation to rain forest
Induced demand doesn’t just apply to freeways