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Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

As the northern Brazil city of Belem prepares to host the COP30 climate summit in November, a new BBC report has revealed that a stretch of the Amazon rainforest is being cleared to build a road ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of acres have been chopped down in the Amazon (Picture: Getty) The Brazilian government is preparing to host the world’s largest climate ... cover of the rainforest or ...

A new four-lane highway is cutting through protected Amazon rainforest to accommodate the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, sparking outrage over the environmental cost of hosting an event meant to ...

The Amazon rainforest is being felled so that a new highway can be built ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. In November, the city of Belém will host more than 50,000 people ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change, new research has found. A study led by Dr Jesús Aguirre ...