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

Brazil’s Belém is set to play host to around 50,000 people during the COP30, the UN’s annual climate summit, in November.

Four-lane route will cut through tens of thousands of acres of protected rainforest You can save this article by registering ...

As Brazil clears the Amazon for a highway to host COP30, questions arise over whether such a move undermines the summit’s ...

Brazilian officials say the highway is one of 30 major construction projects to prepare for the COP30. Critics say it’s ...

Despite presiding over a major cut-down of Amazon deforestation, Brazil's left-wing president has raised environmentalists' concerns by greenlighting expanded oil exploration in the crucial rainforest ...

Brazilian authorities say the move will reduce pressure on hotels and enable climate negotiators to reflect on speeches by ...

A highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest for COP30 in Brazil has sparked criticism. Thousands of acres of forest have ...

In Brazil, home to about 60 per cent of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel drilling and mining are prohibited in Indigenous ...

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

PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of the most heavily logged regions of the Amazon ...

The Brazilian government has defended the decision, saying the highway would be “sustainable”. The secretary of the state government’s infrastructure said the highway will include wildlife crossings ...