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Belém

[buh-lem, bey-lan]

noun

  1. a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.



Belém

/ bəˈlẽi /

noun

  1. a port in N Brazil, the capital of Pará state, on the Pará River: major trading centre for the Amazon basin. Pop: 2 097 000 (2005 est)

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This year, the Earthshot Prize events in Rio are in the run-up to the COP Climate Conference which is being held in Belem on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest.

From BBC

The Raising Hope conference was held just over a month from the start of COP30 in Belém, in Brazil.

From BBC

The BBC also asked President Lula about November's COP30 climate summit, when Brazil will host world leaders in the Amazon city of Belém.

From BBC

This year's Earthshot is being viewed as the curtain raiser to COP which is due to begin a few days later in Belém, the gateway to the Amazon.

From BBC

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

From BBC

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