Brazil

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PART OF: Deep Water Brazil

The Disappearance of Water From the Urucuia Aquifer, the Source of the São Francisco, Intrigues Scientists

Multiple Authors

November 23, 2021
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Deep Water Brazil

For decades, the Cerrado’s dry mesas have been deforested and converted into pool-table-flat fields...

Daniel Grossman
Southeast Asia RJF Advisory Committee Member

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PART OF: The Fight to Keep the Forest Standing

Technology Helps Uru-eu-wau-wau Peoples Monitor Land Invasions (Portuguese)

Laís Duarte
Amazon RJF Grantee

November 19, 2021
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PART OF: COVID-19, Fake News and Misinformation Among Indigenous Peoples of the Upper Xingu

Documentary: The Pandemic and Fake News in the Upper Xingu (Portuguese)

Multiple Authors

November 19, 2021
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PART OF: The Brazilian Amazon Is Up for Grabs. Who Profits?

How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation

Manuela Andreoni
Rainforest Investigations Fellow

November 17, 2021
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PART OF: Brazil Nut, the Gold of the Standing Forest

For the Zoró People, Brazil Nut Gathering is an Ally in the Fight Against Deforestation (Portuguese)

Multiple Authors

November 17, 2021
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PART OF: Deep Water Brazil

Water War: Is Big Agriculture Killing Brazil’s Traditional Farms?

Daniel Grossman
Southeast Asia RJF Advisory Committee Member

November 17, 2021
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PART OF: Threats to Indigenous Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Risk of Extermination: Pandemic and Bolsonaro Government Threaten Isolated Indigenous People (Portuguese)

Mariana Della Barba
Amazon RJF Grantee

November 16, 2021
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PART OF: The World They Inherit

Where Will the Next Pandemic Begin? The Amazon Rainforest Offers Troubling Clues

Multiple Authors

November 15, 2021
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PART OF: The Dispute Over Water in the Land of the Tristes Trópicos (Portuguese)

Pantanal: Brazil’s Last Great Wildlife Refuge has an Uncertain Future (Portuguese)

Juliana Arini
Amazon RJF Grantee

November 12, 2021
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PART OF: Deforestation Runways: The Expansion of Illegal Mining in the Amazon

$200 Million in Gold Extracted in Amazon Mine Through Illegal Licenses

Hyury Potter
Rainforest Investigations Fellow

October 27, 2021
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The Fight to Keep the Forest Standing

This project wants to showcase the scientists and traditional peoples fighting to keep the forest...

Multiple Authors

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