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  • Marina Comandulli & Marco Mantovani / Jan. 23, 2023

    Out with the old and in with the new: What Brazil’s new president means for forests and environmental defenders

    Newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sent a clear message about his commitment to increase environmental protections, fight deforestation and protect those who defend the environment

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  • Veronica Oakeshott / Dec. 21, 2022

    Companies can’t just walk away from their polluting assets – they must remedy their destruction

    When companies simply sell damaging assets on, they are doing nothing to stop those practices from happening in future

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  • Joci Aguiar / Nov. 10, 2022

    “Who needs climate justice in Brazil?"

    The outcome of Brazil’s election marked a new beginning for forest conservation and Indigenous rights. Brazil now has the opportunity to take a leading role in responding to the climate crisis and should bring land and environmental defenders to the forefront of its action plan

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  • Jasmin Qureshi / Sept. 12, 2022

    New documentary short looks at a community’s struggle for land in the Brazilian Amazon

    Our new documentary, The Landless, tells the story of a brave and resilient community who are on the frontline of land grabs in the Brazilian Amazon, and are fighting to protect their livelihoods.

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  • Aurelie Skrobik & Marina Comandulli / Sept. 1, 2022

    Sowing Hope

    European Parliament members consult with Brazilian traditional communities on new law that promises to prevent and address human rights violations and environmental harms

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  • Aug. 24, 2022

    Online disinformation threatens the integrity of the Brazilian presidential election

    At such a critical moment for the climate and Brazilian democracy, Big Tech companies must take urgent action to tackle election-related disinformation on their platforms

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  • Rachel Cox & Aurelie Skrobik / May 30, 2022

    How Europe can stop funding land grabs in Brazil

    The expansion of ranching and plantations is at the heart of land conflicts in the Amazon

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  • Luiza Paiva / March 11, 2022

    How we can use film to create social change

    Films have the power to create social change and inspire action to protect the planet. We look at some case studies of films that are aiming to have a positive impact on the world

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  • Claudelice Silva dos Santos / Feb. 9, 2022

    'My country doesn’t need any more deforestation’

    Claudelice Silva dos Santos, a Brazilian human rights and environmental activist, gives her first-hand experience of defending the Amazon

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  • Louis Wilson / Jan. 25, 2022

    Every election is now a climate election

    In 2022, voters in Brazil, the Philippines and Colombia will elect new leaders. And despite what the leading candidates might tell you, those elections are climate elections

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