BBC's Ione Wells reports from Brazil where rainforest, animals and local people are being affected by the new road.

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

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane ...

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

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

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

Authorities say that the global leaders talking before the COP30 summit will enable climate negotiators to reflect on their ...

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

COP30—the 30th edition of the Conference of the Parties, an annual meeting organized by the United Nations (UN) to define and ...

Image Graphic by Lucy Crelli. In January, the Pulitzer Center launched a special call to support journalism and civil society ...

The Brazilian government has cleared protected Amazon rainforest to build a highway for the COP30 climate summit.

Brazil will be joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC+, highlighting the South American country’s growing status as a major oil exporter.