South America

Source: NPR [10], 07/26/2024

Read more about "Not a B Movie: Sharks Are Ingesting Cocaine In The Ocean, Scientists Find" [1]

"How ‘Carbon Cowboys’ Are Cashing In On Protected Amazon Forest" [11]

"A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest."

Forests [13]

Public [8]

Source: Washington Post [14], 07/26/2024

Read more about "How ‘Carbon Cowboys’ Are Cashing In On Protected Amazon Forest" [11]

"Andean Condor In Rehab Highlights Conservation Challenges" [15]

"An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird."

Biodiversity [2]

Chemicals [3]

Wildlife [7]

Public [8]

Central America & the Caribbean [17]

Source: Reuters [18], 07/24/2024

Read more about "Andean Condor In Rehab Highlights Conservation Challenges" [15]

October 16, 2024 to November 1, 2024

COP 16 and SBI 5 [19]

Media accreditation (in person in Cali, Colombia and virtual) closes Aug 31 for the 16th Meeting of the Parties to the CBD (COP 16) and its Protocols (the Cartagena Protocol and the Nagoya Protocol), 21 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2024 and the 5th Meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 5), 16-18 Oct. 2024.

Professional Meetings [20]

Visibility:

Public [8]

Topics on the Beat:

Diversity [21]

Planning & Growth [23]

Region:

July 9, 2024

GIJN Webinar: How Latin America Connects to Your Story [25]

This Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar is on investigations into intricate webs of misconduct that start in Latin America but impact communities around the world. Explore the region’s global reach of illicit money, deforestation, illegal mining, drug trafficking and environmental destruction. 11:00 ET.

Other Events [26]

Visibility:

Public [8]

Topics on the Beat:

Disasters [27]

Economy & Business [28]

Forests [13]

Region:

Mexico [30]

Central America & the Caribbean [17]

"Flooded Brazil 'Ghost Town' A Climate Warning To World, UN Advisor Says" [31]

"Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday."

Disasters [27]

Water & Oceans [6]

Public [8]

Source: Reuters [32], 06/26/2024

Read more about "Flooded Brazil 'Ghost Town' A Climate Warning To World, UN Advisor Says" [31]

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [33]

“Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places,” a new work by investigative journalist Christopher Pollon, offers a sweeping global view of how the mining industry profits, despite causing vast environmental losses and failing to acknowledge Indigenous ownership or rights to the land it mines. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp lauds Pollon’s searing observations and investigations. Read her review.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [34]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [35]

Biodiversity [2]

Consumer [36]

Economy & Business [28]

Environmental Health [37]

Environmental Justice [38]

Environmental Politics [39]

Fish & Fisheries [4]

Forests [13]

Policy [40]

Pollution [5]

Technology [41]

Water & Oceans [6]

Wildlife [7]

Region:

Africa [42]

Asia [43]

Australia & Oceania [44]

Visibility:

Public [8]

Read more about Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [33]

September 1, 2024

DEADLINE: Climate Change and Labour Film Grant [45]

The Pulitzer Center, the Financial Times and One World Media seek an experienced filmmaker who wants to explore, through a short documentary, how climate change is affecting lives and work in the global south. Receive funding, commission, global promotion, mentoring and more. Deadline is Sep 1, 2024.

Awards and Grants [46]

Visibility:

Public [8]

Topics on the Beat:

Region:

Mexico [30]

Africa [42]

Central America & the Caribbean [17]

October 18, 2024

IJ4EU Confidential: Unveiling the Secrets of Complex Investigations [47]

This Investigative Journalism for Europe monthly webinar series delves into the backstories of collaborative journalistic projects in Europe and beyond. Next up, on Oct 18, is "How EU migration policy fails the dead and the living: The making of The Border Graves Investigation," 14:00 CEST (8:00 a.m. ET).

Other Events [26]

Visibility:

Public [8]

Topics on the Beat:

Disasters [27]

Energy & Fuel [48]

Forests [13]

Military [49]