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    Bitate Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau lives in the Jamari Village, on the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land, in Rondônia, Brazil. He is the coordinator of the Jupaú Association and participated in the second Young...

    December 28, 2021
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    Samela Sateré-Mawé, 24, is the daughter of the leader Sonia da Silva Vilacio, of the Sateré-Mawé people, from the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Land, in the lower Amazon River. She is a biology student at...

    December 28, 2021
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    Paulina Chamorro is a journalist with more than two decades of experience covering socio-environmental topics in Brazil. Chamorro is dedicated to telling stories about nature and people, across...

    December 1, 2021
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    Lalo de Almeida has worked as a photographer for Folha de S.Paulo for 25 years. He has been working on documentary projects such as The Man and the Land, concerning traditional populations and their...

    November 30, 2021
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    Ana Ionova

    Ionova is a multimedia journalist based in Brazil, where she focuses on human rights, the environment, and politics. She often reports on deforestation and fires in the Amazon. Her work has appeared...

    November 15, 2021
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    Laís Duarte

    Laís Duarte works as a reporter for the oldest and most awarded environmental and sustainability program in the country, Repórter Eco. She covers environmental projects, traditional communities...

    October 22, 2021
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    Erinaldo Clemente has worked in television since 1998. He began his career as a cameraman at TV Gazeta. He has worked as a camera assistant at TV Cultura for 13 years. In award-winning reports...

    October 21, 2021
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    Adriano Tavares was trained as a cinematographer at the National Commercial Apprenticeship Service (Senac) in 2006 in Brazil. He has worked as a video journalist for 13 years at TV Cultura. Tavares...

    October 21, 2021
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    Izabella Teixeira is the Counselor of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) and former Minister of Environment. She is also Co-Chair of the International Panel on Natural Resources...

    October 7, 2021
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    Thiago Firbida is the Protection and Security Coordinator of ARTIGO 19 for Brazil and South America. He has more than 10 years of experience working with human rights and grassroots education in civil...

    October 7, 2021
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    Carlos Minuano is a Brazilian journalist and writer, with a graduate degree in audiovisual studies. Over his 20-year career, his work has been published in major outlets across Brazil, among them...

    October 4, 2021