Tag: Amazon highway

• Thursday, March 13th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Across-Amazon highway to be built for COP30 sparks controversy

  

  As Brazilian authorities prepare for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in November in Belém, constructing a new four-lane highway - Avenida Liberdade - through the protected Amazon rainforest has sparked controversy. The structure seeks to ease traffic for the expected 50,000 attendees, including world leaders. But it has led to significant deforestation, fragmenting ecosystems and disrupting wildlife movement along its 13 kilometers.

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