Business-as-usual transport networks often create negative impacts on biodiversity through road expansion, incursion into both Indigenous communities and wildlife habitat, and through vehicle/wildlife collisions. This panel will explore means of achieving nature- and community-positive road building, and the importance of ensuring informed consent of impacted Indigenous communities.

Speakers

• Fernanda Abra, Co-Founder and Director, ViaFAUNA, Brazil
• Marielos Peña Claros, Professor, Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing, Wageningen University Research, Bolivia
• Juana Leal, Healthy Cities Lead, Despacio, Colombia
• Carlosfelipe Pardo, Founder, sabidurAI, Colombia
• Karl Peet, Senior Advisor – Global Strategy, Conservation Biology Institute, US
• Bart Slagter, PhD Candidate, Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing, Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
• Jessica Webb, Strategy Lead, Forests and Nature for People, Global Forest Watch, US