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 ...

Brazil is facing accusations of hypocrisy after cutting down large sections of the Amazon rainforest to construct a road for the upcoming COP30 climate summit, according to The Telegraph.

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest – spanning 6.9 million ... In places, the Loire could be crossed on foot; France’s longest river never flowed so slowly. The Rhine was nearly ...

close to where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean, and serves as a key entry point for the Amazon rainforest due to its port facilities. COP30 will take place from Nov. 10 to Nov. 21.

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ore from the rainforest echo a development vision ...

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A new highway being built through the Amazon rainforest to facilitate travel for delegates attending the UN climate summit, COP30, in Belém, Brazil, has drawn fierce criticism, reported The ...

SAO PAULO, April 4 (Reuters) - Indigenous protests and poor roads have disrupted shipping of Brazil's bumper soybean crop in recent days via the river port of Miritituba in the Amazon rainforest ...

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the Amazon rainforest to ease travel for attendees. The highway ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...