WHERE WE REPORT


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    Raiara Azevêdo de Barros was born in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, in the municipality of Xapuri, in the Brazilian state of Acre. She is the daughter of rubber tapper and environmental activist...

    February 7, 2022
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    With a degree in public administration from FGV-SP, a business administration school in São Paulo, Brazil, Thaís Espinosa Alonso had her first encounter with Rondônia, Brazil, through a research...

    January 18, 2022
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    Tulasi Resende is a psychologist and freelance photographer from Rondônia, Brazil. She is an Indigenous activist who has worked for social movements across Latin America and Brazil. Since 2019, she...

    January 14, 2022
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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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    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
  • Thiago Firbida headshot
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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