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Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [1]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
South America [7]
Source: Mongabay [8], 01/05/2023

"Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida" [9]

"Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [4]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [6]
South America [7]
Source: NYTimes [16], 01/02/2023
February 2, 2023

Webinar: How To Cover Infrastructure [17]

The first of Mongabay's 2023 webinars will feature expert panelists who have reported on, studied and worked on issues related to infrastructure development and its impacts on the environment and local communities. The webinar will focus on regions such as Southeast Asia and Latin America. 7pm ET.

Other Events [18]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Region: 
Asia [21]
Central America & the Caribbean [22]
South America [7]
January 27, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants To Strengthen Coverage of Environmental Crimes and Sustainable Solutions in the Amazon [23]

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering story grants of USD $1,500 - 2,000 to journalists to produce stories on transnational conservation crimes in the Amazon Region and the threats faced by Indigenous peoples and local communities in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Deadline: Jan 27, 2025.

Awards and Grants [24]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [20]
Region: 
International [25]
South America [7]
January 18, 2023

DEADLINE: Dom Phillips Reporting Grant — "How to Save the Amazon?" [26]

The Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund launched this grant in honor of murdered journalist Dom Phillips. Selected proposals for ambitious, wide-reaching journalism projects that investigate the future of the Amazon and how to prevent its collapse will receive the necessary funds to carry out their project. Deadline: Jan 18, 2023.

Awards and Grants [24]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [20]
Region: 
South America [7]

"Chile's Artisanal Fishermen Fear Die-Out As Trawling, Climate Bite" [27]

"In small coves along Chile's Pacific coast, artisanal fishermen say life is becoming harder as industrial trawling depletes fish stocks even as they struggle to deal with climate impacts and economic headwinds like the high price of gasoline for boats."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [6]
South America [7]
Source: Reuters [30], 12/23/2022
January 6, 2023

DEADLINE: EJN Scholarships for Journalists To Cover 2023 Biodiversity Conferences [31]

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) invites professional environmental journalists from low- or middle-income countries to apply for travel grants of up to $2,500 to attend and report from conferences and global summits related to biodiversity issues that are taking place in 2023. Deadline: Jan 6, 2023.

Workshops and Fellowships [32]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [20]
Region: 
International [25]
Mexico [33]
Africa [34]
Asia [21]
Central America & the Caribbean [22]
Middle East [35]
South America [7]
November 20, 2025 to November 24, 2025

Global Investigative Journalism Conference and Fellowships Deadline [36]

This biennial conference will be held next in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 20-24, 2025, with fellowships available to both established and promising journalists in developing and transitioning countries, and for journalists from disenfranchised communities, to participate in-person (Jan 31 deadline).

Professional Meetings [37]
Workshops and Fellowships [32]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [20]
Region: 
International [25]
Mexico [33]
Africa [34]
Asia [21]
Central America & the Caribbean [22]
Middle East [35]
South America [7]

"Parched Peru Is Restoring Pre-Incan Dikes To Solve Its Water Problem" [38]

"On a mountainside high above Peru’s capital, Javier Obispo pauses from the backbreaking work of renovating an amuna. The abandoned irrigation dike distributed water before Europeans came to South America."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [2]
Infrastructure [19]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [39]
Technology [40]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [6]
South America [7]
Source: Washington Post [41], 12/13/2022

"Lula Wants New Brazil Police Unit To Tackle Environmental Crimes" [42]

"Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's incoming administration aims to create a new Federal Police unit focused on environmental crimes, the transition team's public security chief told Reuters."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [6]
South America [7]
Source: Reuters [43], 12/01/2022

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