"The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the largest infrastructure development in human history. Given its scale of influence and infrastructure undertakings, it is set to bring far-reaching environmental impacts to regions such as Southeast Asia, one of the biologically richest and most diverse regions in the world. Knowing where and what biodiversity BRI will potentially affect is crucial to plan and address its negative impacts. Using BRI transport infrastructure spatial data, we conducted a GIS analysis of the potential BRI impacts in Southeast Asia on terrestrial and marine biodiversity indicators, including protected areas (PAs), Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), terrestrial ecoregions, forest cover, threatened species, and fragile ecosystems such as seagrasses, mangroves, and coral reefs."
Ng, L.S., Campos-Arceiz, A., Sloan, S., Hughes, A.C., Tiang, D.C.F., Li, B. V., Lechner, A.M., 2020. The scale of biodiversity impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia. Biol. Conserv. 248, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814881432-002
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