They’ve bulldozed 100,000 trees in the Amazon to build a highway so 50,000 delegates can be chauffeured to COP30. Meanwhile, private jets descend in a carbon confetti parade. The new Avenida Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) slices 13 km through the protected Belém Environmental Protection Area, just south of Belém (Nov 10–21).
The irony? Deforesting the world’s lungs to host a climate summit.
Red earth bleeds through what was once rainforest. Excavators grind forward, yellow against the green. Experts warn of fragmented habitats, supercharged roadkill (Brazil already loses ~475 million wild animals to roads each year), and a red carpet for illegal loggers and urban sprawl.
Net zero on the tarmac; biodiversity in the ditch.
Nov 12
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