Ten of thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest have been leveled--by the country that is famous for protecting it, Brazil. A big dirt track is carved across the great, green jungle.
Why would they do such a thing? To build a four-lane highway. And why do they need a highway across the rainforest? Brazil has 50,000 people coming to a big conference next November, so they want to ease the expected traffic.
What kind of conference is behind this environmental destruction? Here's the irony of the thing--it's the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where delegates will try to protect our planet's natural environment.
from BBC
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