COP30 host city Belem, Brazil, tries to stoke economy while preserving Amazon rainforest

November 21, 2025 12:43 PM

COP30 host city Belem, Brazil, tries to stoke economy while preserving Amazon rainforest

On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an economic model designed to help locals profit from a healthy rainforest. Instead of clear cutting trees for cattle and mines, the state government of Para this year unveiled a research and development program designed to help locals transform forest products like acai and Brazil nuts into goods for global markets. It is a small part of a big plan for Brazil, as Belem hosts ...

Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security

November 12, 2025 10:22 AM

Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security

Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the U.N. compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world are attending this year's U.N. climate summit in the Amazon city of Belem, Brazil. Some waved flags with slogans calling for land rights or carried signs saying, "Our land is not...