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Rainforests

The Pulitzer Center's work on rainforests and climate is supported by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), the Rockefeller Foundation, Omidyar Network, MacArthur Foundation, and individual donors.

The Rainforest Journalism Fund represents a major investment in international environmental and climate reporting, with plans to support nearly 200 original reporting projects along with annual regional conferences designed to raise the level of reporting on global rainforest issues such as deforestation and climate change. The Fund is intended to build capacity for local reporters from rainforest regions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well as international reporters working in those regions. For more information, please see our announcement. Prospective applicants can find out how to apply on our RJF grants page. 

 

Rainforests

July 06, 2019 | The Intercept

Rainforest on Fire

Alexander Zaitchik

On the front lines of Bolsonaro's war on the Amazon, Brazil's forest communities fight against climate catastrophe.

July 05, 2019 | Open Democracy

Drica: Resistance in the Quilombos of the Trombetas River

Francesc Badia I Dalmases

A young Brazilian activist is responsible for an association of six afro-Brazilian communities that face the threat of environmental destruction. Her story is the third in the "Rainforest Defenders" series, presenting five young leaders fighting to preserve the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.

July 02, 2019 | Open Democracy

A Life Fighting Against Hydroelectricity

Luna Gámez and Caio Mota; Photos by Pablo Albarenga

Indigenous people from the south of the Brazilian rainforest have mobilized to prevent 138 hydroelectricity plants from invading the Juruena river basin.