The BRI’s six main economic corridors Source: HKTDC The different landscape settings To assess deforestation risks along the BRI economic corridors, there are at least three landscape settings, which should be distinguished by their levels of prior development and prior forest loss: Landscape Setting 1 : High deforestation and high prior economic development . In areas that have experienced intermediate levels of economic development and deforestation over the last 15 years, significant forest loss may be expected from BRI projects near existing forests.