Amazon, COP30 and climate summit

‘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.
Stretch of Amazon cleared to build highway for COP30, sparks controversy
The Amazon is vital for absorbing carbon and maintaining biodiversity. Many argue that clearing land for a road goes against the purpose of a climate summit.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Part of the Amazon rainforest cut down for the Highway to Climate Summit
In the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, more than eight miles (thirteen kilometers) of trees were cut down to build a new four-lane highway. This highway is intended to transport attendees to the COP30 climate summit,
Amazon rainforest trees cut down to build road for COP30 climate summit
Trees in the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to build a highway for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
Blatant irony: Thousands of trees cut down in Amazon rainforest to welcome 'climate summit' attendees
Climate Summit in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is facing intense criticism for the way it is handling the event. Thousands of trees at the heart of the "Earth's lungs" have been chopped down to make way for attendees,
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