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

New research has found 38 percent of the remaining Amazon has been degraded by human actions, including forest fires, logging, and extreme drought.

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

Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease ...

the Brazilian Forest Service wants to speed up the creation of timber forest concessions in the Amazon region. The first one in the state of Amazonas was signed in 2023. Image courtesy of Imaflora.