A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of ...
Brazil’s Belém is set to play host to around 50,000 people during the COP30, the UN’s annual climate summit, in November.
Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located ...
As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The BBC’s article has pictures of the clear-cut forest floor where logs have ...
Brazilian officials say the highway is one of 30 major construction projects to prepare for the COP30. Critics say it’s ...
The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important ecosystems on Earth. It absorbs carbon dioxide, supports countless species ...
This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past ...
Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of ...
Tens of thousands of acres of the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to make room for a four-lane highway ahead of the ...
The Brazilian government has defended the decision, saying the highway would be “sustainable”. The secretary of the state government’s infrastructure said the highway will include wildlife crossings ...