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.
A transformative initiative in the Brazilian Amazon is protecting nearly 400,000 hectares of rainforest while helping local communities build sustainable livelihoods. With support from Health In ...
Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located ...
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Brazil is facing criticism for cutting down thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest to build a road for the COP30 climate summit, despite the country's claims of commitment to environmental ...
This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past ...
The climate conference doesn't begin until November but controversy is already swirling, according to the BBC.
As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The ...
This year's controversial COP 30 climate change summit hasn't even started, but it's already causing environmental damage.
BBC's Ione Wells reports from Brazil where rainforest, animals and local people are being affected by the new road.
Most of the 40 million people who live in the Amazon are in urban centers, the World Wildlife Fund said, and rely on the rainforest's "natural bounty for food, shelter and livelihoods." ...