Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of ...

Deforestation of the Amazon leads to worsening droughts and floods. Experts emphasise that the role of the rainforest changes ...

James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to extensive deforestation across the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin ...

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 Brazilian government is preparing to host the world’s largest climate summit uniquely – by chopping down tens of ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon ... section of rainforest, raising concerns among scientists about the effects on wildlife in the area. “From the moment of deforestation, there ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over ... Silvia Sardinha warned that there was a "loss" from deforestation since animals "will no longer be able to ...

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The ...

(Source: Up to 47% of Amazon Rainforest at Risk of Collapse by Mid-Century Due to ‘Unprecedented Stress’ From Global Warming and Deforestation, Earth.org, Feb. 15, 2024) Moreover, a 2021 ...

Government officials say the new roadway is “sustainable,” but with its placement through the Amazon – which plays a ... the roadway’s effects on the swath of rainforest. “From the moment of ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon ... deforestation contradicts the very purpose of a climate summit. Along the partially built road, lush ...