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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [1]

“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.

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Activism [3]
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Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
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International [18]
Africa [19]
Asia [20]
Australia & Oceania [21]
South America [22]
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September 1, 2024

DEADLINE: Climate Change and Labour Film Grant [24]

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.

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Africa [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [30]
South America [22]
October 18, 2024

IJ4EU Confidential: Unveiling the Secrets of Complex Investigations [31]

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).

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Journalism & Media [27]
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People & Population [28]
Policy [13]
Technology [15]
Wildlife [17]
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South America [22]

"Brazil Police Raid Amazon Carbon Credit Projects Exposed By Mongabay" [39]

"The Brazilian Federal Police arrested people and seized assets linked to some of the country’s largest carbon credit projects."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Justice [8]
Forests [11]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Public [23]
South America [22]
Source: Mongabay [41], 06/10/2024
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"Deadly Floods in Brazil Were Worsened by Climate Change, Study Finds" [42]

"Human-caused warming has doubled the chances that southern Brazil will experience extreme, multiday downpours like the ones that recently caused disastrous flooding there, a team of scientists said on Monday. The deluges have killed at least 172 people and displaced more than half a million residents from their homes."

Climate Change [26]
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South America [22]
Source: NYTimes [43], 06/04/2024
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"Top Brands Buy Amazon Carbon Credits From Suspected Timber Laundering Scam" [44]

"An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [11]
Journalism & Media [27]
Pollution [14]
Public [23]
International [18]
South America [22]
Source: Mongabay [45], 05/23/2024
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More Than A Third Of Amazon Rainforest Struggling To Recover From Drought [46]

"More than a third of the Amazon rainforest is struggling to recover from drought, according to a new study that warns of a “critical slowing down” of this globally important ecosystem."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [26]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Studies [47]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
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International [18]
South America [22]
Source: Guardian [48], 05/21/2024
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"Persistent Brazil Floods Raise Specter Of Climate Migration" [49]

"Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [33]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [23]
South America [22]
Source: Reuters [50], 05/15/2024
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"A Whale Makes A Comeback Off Argentina's Coast 100 Years After Vanishing" [51]

"Giant blue-grey sei whales that vanished from Argentina's Patagonian coast a century ago due to hunting are starting to flourish once again, demonstrating how species can recover when measures to protect them are put in place."

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Public [23]
International [18]
South America [22]
Source: Reuters [52], 05/13/2024
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"A Web Of Front People Conceals Environmental Offenders In The Amazon" [53]

"A paper trail left by a notorious land grabber reveals how he used relatives and an employee as fronts to evade environmental fines and lawsuits, shedding light on this widespread practice in the Brazilian Amazon."

Agriculture [54]
Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [14]
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Source: Mongabay [55], 04/23/2024
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