Amazon rainforest is Brazil’s most incredible natural wonders. It is estimated to be 55 million years old It was even recently discovered to be the first potential place for dinosaurs to evolve. However, the Amazon has been steadily declining since the deforestation in 2004, when it lost more than 5 million acres.
Actually, the Internet is very angry lately this BBC Report A highway was built through the forest “for the COP30 Climate Summit”. this The 30th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change It was held in Bellem, Brazil in November 2025. 40,000 people Set the main days of participating in the event, and discuss deforestation, Ironically.
However, the links to the summit to the controversial structure are widely misunderstood on the Internet. This is what really happened to this Amazon highway project.
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according to BBCcleared eight miles of land in the central Amazon to develop a four-lane highway called Avenida Liberdade. Logs and machinery can be seen in the virus videos on the Internet.
The story was published in mid-March. It raises concerns about the environmental impact of the project and the “unheard” of the Amazon community. Soon, the Internet got angry.
Adler Silveira, the state government’s infrastructure secretary, connects COP30 directly to the project while defending the project BBC. He believes that highways are “sustainable” and “important mobility intervention.”
Silveira added that there are 30 developments in the city that can “prepare” and “modernize” it, so “we can have a legacy for the population and, more importantly, serve people in the best way to COP30.”
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Brazil is a little smaller than the United Stateshas invested $818.3 million In preparation for COP30. The controversial Amazon Expressway is estimated to cost about $940 million.
Avenida Liberdade was originally proposed in 2012. However, its revival timing coincides with the upcoming Bellem Climate Summit. The government of Para state and COP30 rejects direct connection between the two.
UN Climate Summit claims BBC’s The Bombshell title is “misleading”, especially since the highway is obviously no “A part of the 33 infrastructure projects planned for COP30 (United Nations Conference on Climate Change) will be held in November this year.”
They added: “We emphasize that the title of the news story is in English and Portuguese, misleading readers to connect the construction project and the federal government’s actions in preparing for the meeting, which will leave a legacy for the city’s population.”
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this BBC The story is in the shocking deforestation rate of Amazon. According to the report, by 2030 The world’s extensive nature fund (WWF).
By 2021, the annual deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon has risen to 5,019.33 square miles. That’s 1.09 times that of Manaus, the capital and largest city of Amazon, This is also rated as one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
“If the Amazon is destroyed, it is impossible to control global warming,” said Ricardo Galvão, a former official in charge of Brazil’s deforestation monitoring.
Galvo was fired After defending his discovery about Amazon tree loss. His report shows that deforestation increased by 92% in the first eight months of 2019 alone (compared to the previous year).
With major infrastructure built in Amazon, such as Avenida Liberdade, rainforests may face serious problems such as decline in biodiversity, pollution, loss of natural attractions, and destruction of local and indigenous communities.
Other roads, BR-319 and AM-364, may significantly increase tree losses around Amazonas (600 km southwest of Manaus). Once these roads are paved, deforestation rates may be as high as 277% by 2050.
There is life in these small towns in the middle of the jungle, and this is a harsh person Time Magazine Report. “Everyone who walks this road dreams of finding wealth,” said Antonio Bertola, its minority inhabitant. “Here, they will only find suffering. But we don’t stop.”