I am very humbled and immensely proud of being a finalist for the prestigious National Association of Prosecutors of the Republic (ANPR)’s Journalism Award with my series of stories about the “palm oil war” in the Amazon for @mongabay.bsky.social@sejorg.bsky.social
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“You gave me hope". That was the phrase that struck me most during my debut as a speaker at Abraji conference about my investigation into correlation of environmental crimes & violence in Arariboia Territory @mongabay.bsky.social@sejorg.bsky.social
Commercial cattle ranching is banned on Indigenous territories in Brazil, but a yearlong investigation by our @bykarlamendes.bsky.social reveals large areas of the Arariboia Indigenous Territory have been used for ranching amid a record-high number of killings of the region’s Indigenous inhabitants:
A year-long Mongabay investigation tracked several dozen illegal or suspicious activities in and around Araroibia in the last few years, including logging, deforestation and cattle ranching, and found...
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Top agroecology stories my desk published in 2023: Sustainable ag is a core area of @mongabay.bsky.social coverage because how it’s yuze practiced now is generally detrimental to forests, biodiversity & climate 🌎 From agroforestry to development of climate-adapted seed stocks, 10 top features:
Agriculture is a core area of Mongabay’s coverage both because the world must find more sustainable ways to feed its human societies and because how it’s currently practiced is generally detriment...
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47 likes, 15 comments - bykarlamendes on December 20, 2023: "What an honor to have received the Lincoln Award @landpolicy at LatAm's premier investigative jou..."
So the World Economic Forum thinks we're fancy:
1,038 likes, 11 comments - worldeconomicforum on December 12, 2023: "Here's how this global climate non-profit convinces decision-makers to take action. Learn more ..."
SEJ Spotlight: Meet SEJ’s first Brazilian & Latin American board member, @byKarlaMendes.bsky.socialwww.sej.org/sejspotlight....
