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August 30, 2022

Webinar: The Media, the Amazon and the 2022 Brazil Elections [1]

Ahead of Brazil's 2022 elections, Smoke Signal socio environmental monitor invites journalists to the virtual launch of their new report "The Amazon and the Future of Brazil," showing politicians in nine Brazilian states supported dismantling of environmental policy to protect forests at the federal level. 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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Activism [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [8]
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South America [9]

Five More Arrested In Brazil Over Murders Of Phillips And Pereira [10]

"Brazilian police arrested another five people in connection with the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira on Saturday, and said one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal fishing mafia based in the Amazon region."

Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [3]
South America [9]
Source: Guardian [13], 08/08/2022

"Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land" [14]

"Hundreds of airstrips have been secretly built on protected lands in Brazil to fuel the illegal mining industry, a Times investigation found, including 61 in this Yanomami Indigenous territory."

Climate Change [5]
Forests [8]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [3]
South America [9]
Source: NYTimes [16], 08/03/2022
August 5, 2022

DEADLINE: Thomas Lovejoy Memorial Press Fellowship [17]

This new United Nations Foundation fellowship will bring selected reporters to the Amazon's longest-running biodiversity research project to examine the effects of climate change firsthand. Journalists from all countries are welcome to apply by Aug 5. Includes transportation, lodging and most meals.

Workshops and Fellowships [18]
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Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [5]
Forests [8]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [15]
Planning & Growth [22]
Region: 
South America [9]

"Report: Brazil Authorities Pay No Mind To Deforestation" [23]

"Environmental criminals in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed public rainforests equal the size of El Salvador over the past six years, yet the Federal Police — the Brazilian version of the FBI — carried out only seven operations aimed at this massive loss, according to a new study."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [8]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [3]
South America [9]
Source: AP [25], 07/22/2022

"Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In Brazil" [26]

"Deforestation of the Amazon hit a new record during the first half of 2022, the Brazilian Space Agency reported Friday, deepening concerns that the vast rainforest’s critical role in protecting the planet’s health will be irreparably damaged."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [27]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [28]
Public [3]
International [29]
South America [9]
Source: Washington Post [30], 07/11/2022

Beat Reporter Looks to Get Ahead of the Story [31]

As Brazil’s wetlands burned and as the country illegally shipped wood from the Amazon and scaled back environmental enforcement amid the pandemic, award-winning journalist Jake Spring of Reuters was there, telling tough, sometimes dangerous stories. Spring shares insights into his “just the facts” reporting, including the surprises and the lessons, and offers some practical advice in this Inside Story Q&A.

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Inside Story [32]
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Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [8]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [33]
Region: 
International [29]
South America [9]
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Public [3]
February 1, 2026

DEADLINE: Mongabay's Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program [34]

This Mongabay six-month, remote program is for aspiring journalists from low- to upper-middle-income tropical countries who have had little previous experience in or access to international training, education or publishing — six at their global English bureau and six at their Spanish-language bureau. $500 USD/month. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026.

Workshops and Fellowships [18]
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Public [3]
Region: 
Mexico [35]
Asia [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
South America [9]

How 'Rights of Nature' Is Recasting the Relationship Between Law and the Earth [39]

In 2006, a local government council in Pennsylvania concerned about sewage sludge dumping enacted the Western legal system’s first formal “rights of nature” instrument. Today, numerous countries have laws recognizing specific rights or even legal personhood for nature. As legal expert Alice Bleby explains, this new perspective arises from a wide range of contexts and plays out in many different ways.

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Activism [4]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [42]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Forests [8]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [33]
Pollution [44]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
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National (U.S.) [47]
California [48]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
International [29]
Africa [51]
Asia [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
South America [9]
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"Family, Friends Mourn British Journalist Killed In Brazil" [52]

"Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects on Sunday to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest."

Activism [4]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [3]
South America [9]
Source: AP [53], 06/27/2022

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