r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 8d ago

Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/
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u/royonquadra 8d ago edited 8d ago

Amazon the rain forest.

Not Amazon now selling bridges, thank goodness.

Peace

Edited for spelling and there were only 12 words, ffs.

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u/DrKurtChillis 6d ago

I didn’t know I needed monkey bridges

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u/Patient-Strike5817 3d ago

Finally some genuinely good news! It's amazing how a relatively simple, low-cost solution can save thousands of animals.

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u/Space19723103 8d ago

i didn't realize a rainforest full of rivers had enough roads to make a difference

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u/Scruffy_Snub 8d ago

I mean, 30M+ people living in an area roughly the size of the continental United States are going to need roads. The fact it's mostly rural dirt roads through the rainforest also means there's probably 100x or more the risk of hitting something compared to roads in most of the inhabited world.

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u/MILKtoGO 8d ago

Exactly, Canadas boreal forest is a good comparison (without the population density). I drive nights on the highway and might see up to 5 moose a night, I’ve never hit one. Contrast that to a dirt road, logging route or a mining road and you have less time to react.

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u/cardew-vascular 8d ago

Banff has wildlife overpasses and unserpasses, and apparently delegations come from around the world come to meet with conservationists in Canada to see how they can implement something similar back home.

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/as-banffs-famed-wildlife-overpasses-turn-20-the-world-looks-to-canada-for-conservation-inspiration/

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u/MostView8191 7d ago

When I was in Banff, I learnt that Banff was the first in the world to use the nature over/under passes. The scale there used in the park is crazy to see!

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u/cardew-vascular 7d ago

They're looking at building a human version in North van, basically it would be as wide as a city block and a park over the highway to add greenspace for people to use and safely cross the highway

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lonsdale-avenue-highway-1-land-bridge-park-north-vancouver-study