At a purely educational level, we're hoping to show people that this faraway disaster actually has some connections and underlying causes that are not so distant. Such information can empower people to make choices that are aligned with socially and environmentally responsible values that the vast majority of Americans share. In addition, we're hoping that companies who have felt no pressure up to now will take notice. |
Logging roads in Africa create a spider web in the forest. A vast network of roads now goes into previously remote and inaccessible rain-forest areas. That facilitates the movement of commercial hunters to transport meat. |
Roads through previously remote rain forests create easy access for commercial hunters to find and transport endangered forest animals to city markets. |