
Karla Mendes
Brazil Features Writer and Investigative Reporter at Mongabay
Award-winning Brazilian investigative Reporter @mongabay @mongabay_brasil. Fellow @pulitzercenter @Rainforest_RIN & OCJN. 2nd VP & DEI Chair @sejorg
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1 week ago |
g1.globo.com | Karla Mendes
Para muitos, a escola é o primeiro ambiente onde se aprende sobre convivência, respeito e cidadania. No entanto, para parte dos estudantes do Amazonas, especialmente os que fogem dos padrões de gênero e sexualidade, esse espaço pode se transformar em um cenário de exclusão e discriminação. Uma pesquisa da Aliança Nacional LGBTI+ revelou que nove em cada dez alunos foram vítimas de agressões verbais nas escolas brasileiras em 2024.
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1 week ago |
brasil.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes |Rhett Butler
“Como salvar a Amazônia: Uma busca mortal por respostas”, um livro póstumo do jornalista britânico Dom Phillips com colaboradores, está sendo lançado no Reino Unido, Estados Unidos e Brasil, com eventos nos três países. Em 5 de junho de 2022, Phillips e o indigenista Bruno Pereira foram brutalmente assassinados na região do Vale do Javari, na Amazônia; Phillips investigava a pesca ilegal na região para seu livro.
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1 week ago |
news.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes
How to save the Amazon: A journalist’s fatal quest for answers, a posthumous book by British journalist Dom Phillips with contributors, is being launched in the United Kingdom, the United States and Brazil, accompanied by dedicated events in the three countries. On June 5, 2022, Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were brutally killed in the Javari Valley region, in the Brazilian Amazon; Phillips was investigating illegal fishing in the region for his book.
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4 weeks ago |
brasil.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes |Rhett Butler
Em 5 de junho de 2022, o jornalista britânico Dom Phillips e o indigenista Bruno Pereira foram brutalmente assassinados na região do Vale do Javari, na Amazônia; Phillips investigava a pesca ilegal na região para o seu livro. Três anos depois, o livro Como salvar a Amazônia — Uma busca mortal por respostas, de Phillips com colaboradores, será lançado a partir de 31 de maio no Reino Unido, nos Estados Unidos e no Brasil, com eventos nos três países. “Emocionalmente, tem vários sentidos para mim.
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4 weeks ago |
news.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes
On June 5, 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were brutally killed in the Javari Valley region, in the Brazilian Amazon; Phillips was investigating illegal fishing in the region for his book. Three years later, the book How to save the Amazon — A journalist’s fatal quest for answers, by Phillips with contributors, will be launched beginning May 31 in the United Kingdom, the United States and Brazil, accompanied by dedicated events in the three countries.
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RT @Rainforest_RIN: Investigação apoiada pelo Pulitzer Center estimula a repressão do Brasil ao gado ilegal na Amazônia. Leia mais sobre…

Very thankful for this opportunity to speak with @makingpeaceviz about my work and the latest impact of a year-long investigation into illegal cattle in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory for @MongabayOrg @mongabay_brasil as a fellow of @pulitzercenter @Rainforest_RIN

NEW EPISODE | Thanks to Award-winning Brazilian investigative journalist @karlamendes of @mongabay indigenous Amazon forest defenders have a chance for justice, and illegal cattle are being removed from protected land. LISTEN: https://t.co/6fna6GQAvj @pulitzercenter https://t.co/K034v5i37x

RT @pulitzercenter: The Brazilian government launched an operation to removed thousands of illegal head of cattle from the Arariboia Indige…