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 Cut Down To Build New Highway To Climate Change Summit, Because Irony Is Dead
This year's controversial COP 30 climate change summit hasn't even started, but it's already causing environmental damage.
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
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.
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.
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 forest felled to build road for climate summit
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease traffic to the city,
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.
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.
Brazil Clears Protected Rainforest to Build New Highway for COP30
Amazon Rainforest Destroyed to Build Road for Climate Summit
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