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Data, interactive maps and journalism on the Amazon rainforest. Siga @InfoAmazoniaESP para actualizaciones en español. Português em @InfoAmazoniaBR

Joined March 2012
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🤩 We are very proud of this new award won by the @AmazonUworld project! An InfoAmazonia @LigaNoSilencio @ArmandoInfo partnership. Thanks to @ONA for the recognition!
Online News Association@ONA
16 Aug 2024
WINNER! The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Small Newsroom: Amazon Underworld (@AmazonUworld) by @InfoAmazoniaBR, @ArmandoInfo and @LigaNoSilencio awards.journalists.org/entri… #OJA24
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In the provinces of Sucumbíos and Orellana in Ecuador, mining devastates the forest and rivers such as the Punino. The Colombian armed group CDF is already active in the neighboring country, spreading terror and threatening the indigenous communities infoamazonia.org/en/2024/06/…

Colombian and Ecuadorian criminal groups expand their violent influence throughout the Amazon

By Plan V* The Comandos de la Frontera, a Colombian armed group that also operates in northern Ecuador, and the Ecuadorian gang Los Choneros have imposed

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InfoAmazonia and @brasildefato visited the territory to understand what the indigenous people think about the construction of a hydroelectric power plant with a reservoir of 97 km² in the Brazilian Amazon and 200 meters from the Tenharim Marmelos boundary. infoamazonia.org/en/2024/05/…

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The area of the territory is preserved by the indigenous population for fishing and hunting, also where the old villages and cemeteries are located. Reporting by @leandromelito and @murilopajolla | @Internews, @USAIDPeru and @wcsbrasil1 #AREP #TogetherForConservation
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💡 #MediaInnovation festival: journalists from @InfoAmazonia, @AP, @Recorder_ro, and @Ouestaf discussed sustainable business models for investigative journalism. Their message: diversify revenue, maintain independence, collaborate. 👉 Read in our blog: buff.ly/3QXjDcy
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23 May 2024
🇧🇷 Potassium mine is being built on Indigenous territory, and Federal Public Ministry is taking legal action. @FabioBishpo for @InfoAmazonia: infoamazonia.org/2024/05/17/…

Mina de potássio é liberada em território Mura, e MPF entra com ação judicial

Projeto Autazes, localizado em área ocupada há 200 anos pelo povo indígena do Amazonas, recebeu o licenciamento do governo do estado para exploração da Potássio do Brasil.

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In the Brazilian Amazon, the project to build a hydroelectric dam is putting at risk communities that depend on the river's waters for their survival. The area of impact of the project is extensive and affects the Piripkura Indigenous Land, which has not been considered. 👇
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Story by @leandromelito and @murilopajolla | @Internews, @USAIDPeru and @wcsbrasil1 #AREP #TogetherForConservation 📷: Eduardo Passaro/IIEB infoamazonia.org/en/2024/05/…
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📣The IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival 2024 is taking place already next week in #Sarajevo! ⬇️Hear from @jumoriana of @InfoAmazoniaBR on what she's looking forward to discussing at this year's Congress. Let’s meet at the #IPIWoCo or on our YouTube channel!
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It's time! "Dragas: The Obscure Business of Gold in the Amazon", a production of the @InfoAmazonia @ArmandoInfo @LigaNoSilencio alliance, is on air.​ infoamazonia.org/en/2024/05/…

Documentary reveals corruption in giant dredge mining in Brazil

Movie 'Dragas: The Obscure Business of Gold in the Amazon' shows a 16-month investigation into how armed groups and criminal factions operate

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The documentary portrays illegal mining in the region, reveals the dynamics of gold smuggling and shows the impacts on the ecosystem. Watch it and let us know what you think in the comments.
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Gold miners were already working on small rafts on the Puruê River in the Amazon in the 1980s. But after former President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 with the promise to legalize mining, hundreds of industrial-sized dredges began operating in the region.
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For me, it was amazing to see these dredges. They really are industrial beasts, which have a certain amount of luxuries that I hadn't seen before in remote jungle areas," says Bram Ebus, Research Coordinator for Amazon Underworld.
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Follow our social media for more information about the project. "Dredges - The Dark Business of Gold in the Amazon," a production of the alliance @InfoAmazonia @ArmandoInfo @LigaNoSilencio, premieres on Monday, 13, on our official profiles.
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Bureaucracy benefit offenders. The Heller family has already been fined 26 times by the Brazilian government, with fines totaling R$ 31.4 million since 1999. By Gabriela Couto | @Internews, @USAIDPeru and @wcsbrasil1 #AREP #TogetherForConservation infoamazonia.org/en/2024/05/…

Bureaucracy and administrative appeals benefit families of deforesters fined over R$ 30 million

The Heller family members are defendants in more than 26 cases related to environmental crimes in Novo Progresso and Altamira, Pará, and Itaúba, Mato Grosso. Only two cases were settled – by automa...

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Satellite internet, flat-screen TVs, Netflix. These are some of the comforts that gold miners and their families have on the dredges that illegally extract gold from the Puruê River in Amazonas, near the border with Colombia.
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In the documentary "Dragas - The Obscure Business of Gold in the Amazon," we learn about the dynamics of those who live in these metal monsters and meet those who protect and profit from the destruction of the local ecosystem.
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"Dragas - The Obscure Business of Gold in the Amazon" is a production of the InfoAmazonia @ArmandoInfo_EN @LigaNoSilencio alliance and premieres on Monday 13th on InfoAmazonia's social networks.
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