Amazon Rainforest Slashed for Highway Ahead of Climate Summit, Sparking Outrage
Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located on the outskirts of Belem, where over 50,000 people, including world leaders, are anticipated to gather in November for the COP30 Climate Summit, according to a report from BBC News.
The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...
Forests flanking Brazil's rivers act as "highways" that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for millions of years, new research shows. The two ...
The captivating golden lion tamarin is a small monkey found in eastern Brazil. With its silky orange-gold mane, and wide-eyed ...
Land use for cattle ranching, forestry for charcoal, and soybean plantations were the economic activities that most contributed to the devastation of the Atlantic ... images of Brazil’s Atlantic ...
The Pantanal lies in the west of Brazil. It is hot all year round, with wet and dry seasons. A range of plants grow here, from tropical rainforest trees to grasses. The Atlantic Forest runs ...
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...
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