Amazon Rainforest Slashed for Highway Ahead of Climate Summit, Sparking Outrage
Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located on the outskirts of Belem, where over 50,000 people, including world leaders, are anticipated to gather in November for the COP30 Climate Summit, according to a report from BBC News.
Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ...
The Amazon rainforest is often described as 'the lungs of the earth' although, usefully, it does the exact opposite: breathing in carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen.
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