This review the ecological effects of roads and utnity corridors such as powerlines, pipelines, canals .!Iod railway lines on undisturbed habittlt .!Iod native wildlife. Public concern about roads in natural areas is increasing, as shown by the public protesls Clgainst forest roads in tile Central Highlands of Vlctorie and tile National Estate areas in the south-east forests of New South Wales. The Daintree Road through Queensland's tropical rainforest crco!Ited an international protest and remains Australia's most notorious road. The original Very F.!!Ist Train (VFT) proposal favoured a route which would have dMded lhe two major wilderness l'lre!!s of the Gippsland forests in Victoria by crc<'Iting a impenetrable barrier to some wildlife. Planning need lo address the impllcts of of nlltural habitats by such developmt!nts_Although it is difficult to draw conclusions from a comparison of covering different sPKies and habitats, areas of concern for wildlife (;onservation ,md mllnagcment emerge, including increased mortality, divided populations lind invasions of common TIlere Is a need for studies on the effects of these linei!lr artif

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