The next instalment in a series of United Nations climate change conferences will be COP30, taking place in Bélem, Brazil, in ...

A new road is being built by cutting down thousands of protected Amazon rainforest acres for the COP30 climate summit in ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for 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.

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 ...

A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of ...

The Amazon is vital for absorbing carbon and maintaining biodiversity. Many argue that clearing land for a road goes against ...

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

The agency was created to protect the environment and public health, but a series of moves suggests it is transforming under ...

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...

A vast portion of the Amazon rainforest has been cleared to build a road for the COP30 climate summit. The local community is ...

Brazil is cutting thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest to build a 4-lane highway for the upcoming COP30 climate summit ...