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 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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1 month ago |
brasil.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes |Rhett Butler
O ministro Gilmar Mendes do Supremo Tribunal Federal recuou e retirou a proposta de abrir as terras indígenas para a mineração e atividades econômicas de um anteprojeto de lei controverso que, segundo os críticos, viola a Constituição. A Advocacia-Geral da União também apresentou uma minuta de decreto presidencial que exclui atividades minerárias nos territórios indígenas, mas permite o turismo e outras atividades lideradas pelas comunidades.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | Karla Mendes
Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution. On the same day, the Federal Attorney General’s Office presented a draft presidential decree also excluding mining activities on Indigenous territories but allowing tourism and other activities led by Indigenous communities.
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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…
