Amazon, COP30 and Brazil

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.
How Brazil is chopping down Amazon rainforest to build highway for COP30 Summit
Brazil’s Belém is set to play host to around 50,000 people during the COP30, the UN’s annual climate summit, in November. Ironically, it turns out that the government is cutting down thousands of acre
‘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.
Brazil Cuts Acres of Amazon Trees to Build Road for Climate Summit
A new road is being built by cutting down thousands of protected Amazon rainforest acres for the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil.
Amazon Rainforest Razed To Build Highway For UN Climate Summit
Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the
Satellite appears to show new highway cutting through Brazil's Amazon rainforest
Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30.
Amazon Rainforest Cleared for COP30 Highway in Brazil: Is It Counterproductive to Climate Action?
As Brazil clears the Amazon for a highway to host COP30, questions arise over whether such a move undermines the summit’s goal of tackling climate change
Brazil Clears 8 Miles of Amazon Rainforest to Make Space for UN Climate Conference
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 been piled up along a stretch of road that will soon hold concrete and passing cars.
New road cut through Amazon for climate summit
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Amazon Rainforest Chopped Down to Build Highway for Conference on Climate Change
The Brazilian government has cleared protected Amazon rainforest to build a highway for the COP30 climate summit.
Amazon Rainforest Cut Down for Climate Summit Highway
Brazilian officials said the highway is sustainable with wildlife crossings for animals to use and solar lighting.
Ireland donates $16 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund
Ireland announced on Wednesday a donation of 15 million euros ($16.3 million) to Brazil's Amazon Fund, the Brazilian ...
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Only 5% of deforesters in Brazil’s Amazon fully paid fines, report finds
By Shanna Hanbury If you are caught cutting down the Amazon Rainforest illegally, chances are you will get off without being ...
Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe
Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ...