Infiltrated among riparian that will be withdrawn by the hydroelectric dams in the Amazon, Arlindo buys land that will be flooded to receive compensation.
Repórter Brasil
Reporter Brasil was founded in 2001 by journalists, social scientists and educators in order to encourage reflection and action on the violation of fundamental rights of peoples and workers in Brazil. Because of its work, it became one of the most important sources of information about slave labor in the country. It´s stories, journalistic investigations, research and educational methodologies have been used by leaders of governments, the business sector and civil society as instruments to combat contemporary slavery, a problem that affects thousands of people. More info
A Repórter Brasil foi fundada em 2001 por jornalistas, cientistas sociais e educadores com o objetivo de fomentar a reflexão e ação sobre a violação aos direitos fundamentais dos povos e trabalhadores no Brasil. Devido ao seu trabalho, tornou-se um das mais importantes fontes de informação sobre trabalho escravo no país. Suas reportagens, investigações jornalísticas, pesquisas e metodologias educacionais têm sido usadas por lideranças do poder público, do setor empresarial e da sociedade civil como instrumentos para combater a escravidão contemporânea, um problema que afeta milhares de pessoas. Saiba mais
Repórter Brasil fue fundado en 2001 por periodistas, cientistas sociales y educadores con el objetivo de fomentar la reflexión y acción sobre la violación de los derechos fundamentales de los pueblos y trabajadores en Brasil. Debido a su trabajo, se convirtió en una de las más importantes fuentes de información sobre trabajo esclavo en el país. Sus reportajes, investigaciones periodísticas, investigaciones y metodologías educacionales han sido usadas por líderes del poder público, del sector empresarial y de la sociedad civil como instrumentos para combatir la esclavitud contemporánea, un problema que afecta a miles de personas. Conozca más
Repórter Brasil: Who are the Chinese eyeing the Amazon?
A Chinese company with a trail of human rights violations wants to build a plant in São Luiz do Tapajós, the biggest environmental controversy since Belo Monte dam
The high price of modernity of Belo Monte in Muratu village life
Before fishermen and now farmers by force, Juruna indigenous received new houses, energy and chicken coops. The compensation for the construction of the plant, however, has a high cost.
Deforestation: Shoot down trees to build hydroelectric dams
Hundreds of thousands of hectares are deforested to build power plants in the Amazon. Understand how to generate “clean energy” destroys the largest forest in the world.
Documentary The Ashes of Belo Monte – Repórter Brasil
Documentary follows the deforestation made by Belo Monte to clean the area to be flooded. Trees are burnt irregularly and plant wastes hundreds of logs.
Belo Monte dam burning legal timber and warms illegal market
While wastes trees that brought down, the plant purchase irregular wood, warming up the criminal market that invade indigenous lands.
The Amazon rots in new hydroelectric plants lakes
Teles Pires power plant violated environmental plan and flooded the reservoir with trees inside. Decomposition must issue large amounts of methane, the greenhouse gas.
Brazilian government expels communities from the jungle that more preserve it
Social researcher denounces acts of violence practiced by Ibama and ICMBio against bordering the Pará, populations that have a balanced relationship with the environment.
Ka’apor indigenous group: downed tree, indigenous shot down
The Ka’apor risk their lives to evict loggers from their land. In the midst of conflict, indigenous leader is killed.
Map of rescues reinforces relationship between slave labor and deforestation in the Amazon
Visualization allows to observe the high incidence of flagrants in deforested areas, and reinforces the relationship between expansion of agriculture, social degradation and devastation of the environment