Journalists under threat in Amazon rainforest – report
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters The murder of British reporter Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest two years ago was not an isolated crime in a region where violence against journalists has soared in recent years, a report published on Wednesday said. As the world’s interest in the Amazon as a barrier against climate change has grown, […]
Journalists to complete book on saving Amazon rainforest by murdered British writer
London, UK Reuters One year after British reporter Dom Phillips was murdered in Brazil while working on a book about saving the Amazon rain forest, a group of journalists aims to complete the project, his family and former colleagues said on Thursday. How to Save the Amazon: Ask the People Who Know is due to be […]
Death and deforestation: Cocaine trade adds to Amazon’s woes
ANDRE CABETTE FABIO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips have stoked concern in Brazil about links between drugs smugglers and environmental crime…
Essay: Armed militias in Brazil hold enormous sway over fate of Amazon – and the global climate
UK-based scholar NICHOLAS POPE, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how, with the help of militias and mafias, land-grabbing and resource exploitation continue in the Brazilian Amazon…