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"Does The Amazon's Drought Mean The Forest Is At A Tipping Point?" [29]

"Scientists say deforestation is compounding the effects of climate change, threatening to turn parts of the forest into savannah".

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Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [31], 11/16/2023

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"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Falls To Lowest Since 2018" [32]

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the destruction that happened under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

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Source: CNN [34], 11/13/2023

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December 31, 2024

DEADLINE: Rainforest Investigations Network Reporting Fellowships [35]

The Pulitzer Center's RIN offers one-year, full-time, paid, remote fellowships to harness investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration in investigating the causes driving industrial-scale deforestation in the world’s three main tropical rainforest regions: Amazon, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. Deadline: Dec 31, 2024.

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Poisoned For Decades By A Peruvian Mine, Communities Feel Forgotten [40]

"The open-cast crater seems ready to swallow the city whole. Mud-brick houses with corrugated iron roofs teeter on the edge of the massive Raúl Rojas mining pit, now lined with razor wire, which stretches nearly 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across and is 300 meters, or more than a quarter of a mile, deep. This is the center of Cerro de Pasco, a city in central Peru, sitting at an elevation of more than 4,300 m (14,100 feet) above sea level."

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Source: Mongabay [41], 11/03/2023

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November 15, 2023

DEADLINE: CNN Academy — Climate Storytelling From the Global South [42]

Early-career journalists and storytellers from and working in the Global South are invited to apply for this Rockefeller Foundation-funded program in Abu Dhabi intended to raise awareness about the impact of climate change in their home countries. All expenses paid. Apply by Nov 15, 2023.

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The Washington Post Wins 2023 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting [46]

The winner of the 2023 Nina Mason Pulliam Award is "The Amazon, Undone" by Terrence McCoy, Júlia Ledur and Cecília do Lago, with photos by Raphael Alves and Rafael Vilela, for The Washington Post. Honorable mention goes to a team of students at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for "Gaslit."

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High-Risk Reporting Yields Results on Palm Oil Investigation [47]

The devastation caused by the Amazonian palm oil industry was at the heart of an investigation by Mongabay reporter Karla Mendes. But first she had to face hostile sources, intransigent regulators and a robbery attempt. Ultimately, the project not only won a reporting prize from the Society of Environmental Journalists but brought global awareness and government action. Her experience, in Inside Story Q&A.

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"Drought Turns Amazonian Capital Into Climate Dystopia" [52]

"A withering drought has turned the Amazonian capital of Manaus into a climate dystopia with the second worst air quality in the world and rivers at the lowest levels in 121 years."

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Source: Guardian [53], 10/19/2023

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"In Brazil’s Amazon, Rivers Fall To Record Low Levels During Drought" [54]

"The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, on Monday reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago. The record confirms that this part of the world´s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought, just a little over two years after its most significant flooding."

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