The Amazon has very few roads, but more are being built constantly. The new roads often cut animal areas into two pieces. Then, the animals that depend on both sides must cross highways - and are dying.
One conservationist said a very rare monkey was actually on the highway - the first time she saw this rare animal in the wild- and decided to do something. She built monkey bridges across the highway. And they are working.
An excerpt on her story (full story here).
Fernanda Abra has worked alongside one of the many indigenous groups of the Amazon—the Waimiri-Atroari people—to create a unique-in-the-world system of wildlife road crossings specifically for tree-dwelling species.
Primates like the Groves’ titi monkey and golden-handed tamarin have witnessed their homes cut in two by asphalt roads, and often have no choice but to brave the white lines on foot.
In fact, as CNN reports, it was on asphalt that Abra saw her first Groves’ titi, one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates.
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