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SUMMARY:Modelling road networks in the Amazon - Sadia Ahmed\, Imperial Col
 lege London
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:The Brazilian Amazon contains approximately one third of the w
 orld’s remaining rainforest\, covering an area of 4.1 million km2. The r
 egion is highly biodiverse with 10-20 percent of the planet’s known spec
 ies\, it is also one of the most bioculturally diverse areas in the world\
 , and it provides many valuable ecosystem services. However\, the Brazilia
 n Amazon is rapidly undergoing extensive development with widespread land-
 use conversion. \n \nRoad development is often perceived as the initial st
 age of industrial development\, opening access to remote areas for colonis
 ation\, agriculture development\, resource extraction\, and linked with th
 ese\; deforestation. As such roads are a key spatial determinant of land u
 se conversion in the Amazon region\, dictating the spatial pattern of defo
 restation and biodiversity loss. \n \nGiven that roads are a key spatial d
 eterminant of land use conversion and that they have extensive impacts on 
 rates and patterns of biodiversity loss\, it is important that we know how
  much\, how fast and where road networks are developing in this globally i
 mportant ecosystem. To this end I attempt to quantify the relationship bet
 ween road networks and bird species richness\, and develop a predictive mo
 del of road development for the Brazilian Amazon.
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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