Climate Summit, Amazon Rainforest and Cleared

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.
Thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest cleared for climate summit highway in Brazil
A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
Rainforest Cleared for Highway Ahead of Climate Summit
As Brazil prepares to host the COP30 climate summit, a stretch of rainforest is being cleared for a highway to welcome world leaders.
Part of the Amazon rainforest cut down for the Highway to Climate Summit
In the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, more than eight miles (thirteen kilometers) of trees were cut down to build a new four-lane highway. This highway is intended to transport attendees to the COP30 climate summit,
Amazon rainforest trees cut down to build road for COP30 climate summit
Trees in the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to build a highway for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
‘Everything was destroyed’—Large patch of Amazon rainforest cleared out for highway ahead of UN's COP climate summit
A highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest for COP30 in Brazil has sparked criticism. Thousands of acres of forest have been cleared. While officials call it sustainable, conservationists highlight the hypocrisy of destroying nature to host a climate summit.
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A beginner's guide to exploring the Amazon
Stretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and animals, the Amazon rainforest is a wild and wonderful place. There are ...
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Amazon rainforest: Young man from isolated Indigenous tribe spotted in nearby village
A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest has been caught on camera trying to speak to locals in a nearby village. Video showed the man wearing a loincloth and ...
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Man from isolated indigenous tribe returns to Amazon rainforest after brief contact with outside world
He emerged from the Amazon Rainforest's Mamoriá Grande - an area deemed off limits to non-indigenous people - holding two logs and was believed to be asking for help starting a fire. His ...
Roads less traveled multiply deforestation in the Amazon and beyond
James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to ...
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Brazil targets illegal logging in major Amazon raids
While roughly 90% of the timber illegally harvested in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is sold locally, some still reaches the United States and Europe, Schmitt said. Investigators in the raid in Porto ...
Earth’s Domino Effect: Melting Greenland Ice Could Trigger Amazon Rainforest Collapse
Adaptivity is threatened by global warming and deforestation. The Earth's climate system is highly complex, with its key ...
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Young Indigenous man makes brief contact with modern world after wandering from isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest
A young, isolated Indigenous man from the Amazon Rainforest approached locals around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. AP Footage obtained by The Associated Press shows him barefoot and wearing a small ...