South America

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Catching the 'Big Fish' Destroying Colombia’s Amazon

In Colombia, authorities have mostly focused on the small-scale actors behind illegal deforestation...

César Molinares
Grantee

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PART OF: Extracting Ecuadorian Amazon Balsa Wood To Boost Green Energy in Europe

How the Wind Power Boom is Driving Deforestation in the Amazon

Francesc Badia i Dalmases
Amazon RJF Grantee

November 24, 2021
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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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La Promesa

Education has become a highly politicized issue in Argentina during the pandemic.

Multiple Authors

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PART OF: La Promesa

No School, No Hair Cut: One Girl’s Journey Through One of the World’s Longest COVID Lockdowns

Multiple Authors

November 22, 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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Solutions to an Ongoing Predation Story

The confluence of an economic and humanitarian crisis due to Covid–19 has reversed fragile gains in...

Susana Lay
Amazon RJF Grantee

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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