
Thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest cleared for climate summit highway in Brazil
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Brazil is clearing tens of thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest to make a highway for the upcoming COP30 climate summit, according to a BBC report.
Though the state government hopes the new highway will ease traffic issues ahead of the summit, there have been some growing concerns. Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
Wildlife veterinarian and researcher Professor Silvia Sardinha warned that there was a "loss" from deforestation since animals "will no longer be able to cross to the other side too, reducing the areas where they can live and breed."
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