
Karla Mendes
Brazil Contributing Editor 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 |
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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1 week 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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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes
An ongoing Brazilian government operation launched in February has removed between 1,000 and 2,000 illegal head of cattle from the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in the Amazon Rainforest.
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1 month ago |
envirolink.org | Karla Mendes
A Mongabay investigation that revealed an illegal cattle boom amid a record-high number of killings of Indigenous Guajajara has been cited by Brazilian authorities to remove thousands of head of cattle from the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in the Amazon Rainforest. “Your report is very similar to what we’re actually finding in the field.
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1 month ago |
brasil.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes |Rhett Butler
Iniciada em fevereiro, uma operação do governo federal removeu entre 1.000 e 2.000 cabeças de gado ilegais da Terra Indígena Arariboia, no Maranhão. Em junho de 2024, a Mongabay fez uma investigação de um ano que revelou que grandes áreas da Arariboia foram tomadas pela pecuária para fins comerciais, o que viola a Constituição. “Teu relatório está muito parecido com o que a gente está encontrando em campo, de fato.
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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…