[UCT] Sub-Saharan Africa is developing rapidly. With growing economies and increased trade, major road infrastructure plans have been developed for the region, which also hosts some of the world's most unique and diverse ecosystems. A new study by researchers from the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, and the University of Cape Town (UCT) published in Environmental Research Letters, set out to analyse the impacts past road projects in the region have had on ecosystems inside a