The road required clearing tens of thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest. But it will be worth it. It's being built to speed up travel to Belem for the 50,000 government officials, NGO big shots, activists, protesters, celebrities, and hangers-on who will attend the 30th annual Conference of the Parties (COP).

Even climate activists are upset about the road. The logs are piled high on either side of the road, which tore up protected wetlands. "Everything was destroyed," said Claudio Verequete, who made a living from harvesting açaí berries from trees where the road is now.

"Our harvest has already been cut down. We no longer have that income to support our family."

Brazilian President Lula de Sliva brags that the conference will be "a COP in the Amazon, not a COP about the Amazon."

Professor Silvia Sardinha fails to see any advantage. Sardinha rehabilitates animals injured by humans in vehicles and says, "From the moment of deforestation, there is a loss."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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