
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 |
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 week 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 week 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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2 weeks 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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2 weeks 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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My investigation that revealed an illegal cattle boom amid a record-high # killings of Indigenous Guajajara was used by Brazilian authorities to remove thousands of head of cattle from the Arariboia Territory. @MongabayOrg @Rainforest_RIN @pulitzercenter https://t.co/3CZnfVpk6Y

Minha investigação que revelou uma explosão de gado ilegal, em meio a um recorde de assassinatos de indígenas Guajara, foi usada em operação para remover milhares de cabeças de gado da TI Arariboia. Minha matéria para @mongabay_brasil @MongabayOrg @Rainforest_RIN @pulitzercenter

Investigação da Mongabay motiva remoção de gado ilegal da Terra Indígena Arariboia https://t.co/xgYK8iGIwo

RT @EJTodayNews: After Outcry, Brazil Supreme Court Nixes Mining On Indigenous Lands #news #environment @karlamendes reports for @mongaba…