Karla Mendes
@bykarlamendes.bsky.social
Award-winning Brazilian Investigative Reporter at Mongabay. Fellow of the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Investigations Network and OCJN. 2nd Vice President and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair at Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
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Karla Mendes
@bykarlamendes.bsky.social
· Jul 23
🏆 Congratulations to Karla Mendes and @mongabay.com for winning the 2025 #OakesAward!
Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.
Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.
I'm extremely emotional to be the 1st Brazilian to win the John B Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social! Thanks to @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for the support & thanks to the Guardians of the Forest for the trust! @sejorg.bsky.social
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social! Thanks to @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for the support & thanks to the Guardians of the Forest for the trust! @sejorg.bsky.social
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Rio de Janeiro state banned shark meat in 1,200 schools after a @mongabay.com investigation found 10 Brazilian states procured more than 5,400 tons of shark meat since 2004.
Environmental and health concerns drove the ban.
Impact by @bykarlamendes.bsky.social reporting. bit.ly/3OkgKDP
Environmental and health concerns drove the ban.
Impact by @bykarlamendes.bsky.social reporting. bit.ly/3OkgKDP
Rio de Janeiro State Bans Shark Meat for School Meals After Pulitzer Center Journalists' Investigation
The government of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state has banned shark meat for meals in most of the schools it manages, after pressure from conservationists and school meal advisers raising health and...
pulitzercenter.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Rio de Janeiro state banned shark meat in 1,200 schools after a @mongabay.com investigation found 10 Brazilian states procured more than 5,400 tons of shark meat since 2004.
Environmental and health concerns drove the ban.
Impact by @bykarlamendes.bsky.social reporting. bit.ly/3OkgKDP
Environmental and health concerns drove the ban.
Impact by @bykarlamendes.bsky.social reporting. bit.ly/3OkgKDP
he government of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has banned shark meat for meals in most of the schools it manages, citing health and environmental concerns. My latest @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.org
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Rio de Janeiro state bans shark meat for school meals
RIO DE JANEIRO — The government of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has banned shark meat for meals in most of the schools it manages, citing health and environmental concerns. The move puts the ...
news.mongabay.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
he government of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has banned shark meat for meals in most of the schools it manages, citing health and environmental concerns. My latest @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.org
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Muito bom ver minha reportagem da @mongabay.com republicada pela @apublica.org
🐟 O RIO PAROU | No Lago Puruzinho, no Amazonas, o pescador Raimundo Nonato dos Santos vê o peixe desaparecer. Pirarucu, tambaqui e pirapitinga virou raridade após a usina de Santo Antônio. A pesca caiu, a renda sumiu e até a comida do dia a dia mudou. Leia mais: http://dlvr.it/TQS7Nr
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Muito bom ver minha reportagem da @mongabay.com republicada pela @apublica.org
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"That ‘Fish’ on the Menu? In Brazil’s Schools and Prisons, It’s Often Shark” by @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and @kuangkeng.bsky.social, for @mongabay.com is one of two selections by Ocean Editor Jessica Aldred for the 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"That ‘Fish’ on the Menu? In Brazil’s Schools and Prisons, It’s Often Shark” by @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and @kuangkeng.bsky.social, for @mongabay.com is one of two selections by Ocean Editor Jessica Aldred for the 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
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This week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:
Brazilian government serves shark to infants, prisoners and more: How Mongabay broke the story
Mongabay senior editor Philip Jacobson joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss a two-part investigation published this year in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center about how state governments in Brazil ...
news.mongabay.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:
Reposted by Karla Mendes
Congrats to Pulitzer Center Fellows @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, @nandawenzel.bsky.social, and Data Editor @kuangkeng.bsky.social!
Got this Brazilian trofeu from the Rio Grande do Sul Press Association for our shark meat investigation - placed 2nd in the national reporting category with @bykarlamendes.bsky.social @nandawenzel.bsky.social @kuangkeng.bsky.social @mongabaylatam.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org 🙏😤🙏
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Congrats to Pulitzer Center Fellows @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, @nandawenzel.bsky.social, and Data Editor @kuangkeng.bsky.social!
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🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editora-chefe, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — editora executiva, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — cineasta, fundadora @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — repórter investigativa, @mongabay.com
#GIJC25
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — editora executiva, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — cineasta, fundadora @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — repórter investigativa, @mongabay.com
#GIJC25
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editora-chefe, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — editora executiva, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — cineasta, fundadora @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — repórter investigativa, @mongabay.com
#GIJC25
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — editora executiva, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — cineasta, fundadora @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — repórter investigativa, @mongabay.com
#GIJC25
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🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editor-in-chief, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — ED, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — filmmaker, founder @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — investigative reporter, @mongabay.com
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — ED, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — filmmaker, founder @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — investigative reporter, @mongabay.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editor-in-chief, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — ED, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — filmmaker, founder @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — investigative reporter, @mongabay.com
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — ED, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — filmmaker, founder @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — investigative reporter, @mongabay.com
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Journalists covering the EUDR, I urge you to listen to the webinar we just hosted on how to cover this topic with panelists from @earthsight.bsky.social and @rainforestalliance.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social:
How to Cover the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
YouTube video by Mongabay
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Journalists covering the EUDR, I urge you to listen to the webinar we just hosted on how to cover this topic with panelists from @earthsight.bsky.social and @rainforestalliance.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social:
Reposted by Karla Mendes
What’s on the menu at thousands of Brazilian public institutions?
Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
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Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
news.mongabay.com/custom-story...
That ‘fish’ on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark
Brazil, the world’s top importer of shark meat, is feeding much of it to preschoolers, hospital patients, military staff, public workers and more via government procurements, Mongabay has found. This ...
news.mongabay.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What’s on the menu at thousands of Brazilian public institutions?
Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
news.mongabay.com/custom-story...
Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
news.mongabay.com/custom-story...
Reposted by Karla Mendes
Brazil is serving shark meat in thousands of schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions, raising serious concerns.
A report by #ORN Fellow @philjaco.bsky.social, #RIN Fellow @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Pulitzer Center's @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
👉 bit.ly/40EuQ6E
A report by #ORN Fellow @philjaco.bsky.social, #RIN Fellow @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Pulitzer Center's @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
👉 bit.ly/40EuQ6E
That ‘Fish’ on the Menu? In Brazil’s Schools and Prisons, It’s Often Shark
Brazil, the world’s top importer of shark meat, is feeding much of it to preschoolers, hospital patients, military staff, public workers and more via government procurements, Mongabay has found. This....
pulitzercenter.org
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Brazil is serving shark meat in thousands of schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions, raising serious concerns.
A report by #ORN Fellow @philjaco.bsky.social, #RIN Fellow @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Pulitzer Center's @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
👉 bit.ly/40EuQ6E
A report by #ORN Fellow @philjaco.bsky.social, #RIN Fellow @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Pulitzer Center's @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
👉 bit.ly/40EuQ6E
Reposted by Karla Mendes
Hear our @bykarlamendes.bsky.social discuss these findings that many #sharks are secretly on Brazilian menus, without public knowledge, here on US public radio:
In Brazil, shark meet is on the menu at public schools - The World from PRX
In recent years, Brazil has become the world’s top consumer of shark meat. That’s because of a law that requires fishermen who catch sharks to bring the entire animal to port — not just the fins, like...
theworld.org
July 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hear our @bykarlamendes.bsky.social discuss these findings that many #sharks are secretly on Brazilian menus, without public knowledge, here on US public radio:
Reposted by Karla Mendes
In Brazil’s schools & prisons, shark is often on the menu
That's not great for public health
An investigation by @philjaco.bsky.social @bykarlamendes.bsky.social & @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com reveals *thousands of tons* of mercury laden, possibly endangered #sharks & rays, are served:
That's not great for public health
An investigation by @philjaco.bsky.social @bykarlamendes.bsky.social & @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com reveals *thousands of tons* of mercury laden, possibly endangered #sharks & rays, are served:
That ‘fish’ on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark
Brazil, the world’s top importer of shark meat, is feeding much of it to preschoolers, hospital patients, military staff, public workers and more via government procurements, Mongabay has found. This ...
news.mongabay.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In Brazil’s schools & prisons, shark is often on the menu
That's not great for public health
An investigation by @philjaco.bsky.social @bykarlamendes.bsky.social & @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com reveals *thousands of tons* of mercury laden, possibly endangered #sharks & rays, are served:
That's not great for public health
An investigation by @philjaco.bsky.social @bykarlamendes.bsky.social & @kuangkeng.bsky.social for @mongabay.com reveals *thousands of tons* of mercury laden, possibly endangered #sharks & rays, are served:
Extremamente emocionada por ser a 1ª brasileira a ganhar o prêmio John B Oakes por Excelência em Jornalismo Ambiental da Universidade de Columbia, EUA. Agradeço à
@mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social por todo apoio. E meu profundo agradecimento aos Guardiões da Floresta pela confiança!
@mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social por todo apoio. E meu profundo agradecimento aos Guardiões da Floresta pela confiança!
🏆 Congratulations to Karla Mendes and @mongabay.com for winning the 2025 #OakesAward!
Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.
Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.
July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Extremamente emocionada por ser a 1ª brasileira a ganhar o prêmio John B Oakes por Excelência em Jornalismo Ambiental da Universidade de Columbia, EUA. Agradeço à
@mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social por todo apoio. E meu profundo agradecimento aos Guardiões da Floresta pela confiança!
@mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social por todo apoio. E meu profundo agradecimento aos Guardiões da Floresta pela confiança!
I'm extremely emotional to be the 1st Brazilian to win the John B Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social! Thanks to @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for the support & thanks to the Guardians of the Forest for the trust! @sejorg.bsky.social
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social! Thanks to @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for the support & thanks to the Guardians of the Forest for the trust! @sejorg.bsky.social
🏆 Congratulations to Karla Mendes and @mongabay.com for winning the 2025 #OakesAward!
Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.
Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.
July 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm extremely emotional to be the 1st Brazilian to win the John B Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social! Thanks to @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for the support & thanks to the Guardians of the Forest for the trust! @sejorg.bsky.social
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social! Thanks to @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for the support & thanks to the Guardians of the Forest for the trust! @sejorg.bsky.social
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As Brazil expands oil, #COP30 head urges rich nations to phase out fossil fuels first - @bykarlamendes.bsky.social @shannahl.bsky.social @mongabay.com
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As Brazil expands oil, COP30 head urges rich nations to phase out fossil fuels first
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — As Brazil ramps up offshore oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River, the CEO of COP30 urged wealthy nations to be the first to cut back on both producing and consuming fos...
news.mongabay.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As Brazil expands oil, #COP30 head urges rich nations to phase out fossil fuels first - @bykarlamendes.bsky.social @shannahl.bsky.social @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Operação federal na Terra Indígena Arariboia (MA), motivada por investigações do Mongabay sobre pecuária ilegal na região, removeu cerca de 2 mil cabeças e aplicou R$ 1,1 milhão em multas ambientais.
Arariboia pode ser primeira terra indígena do país a legalizar gado para subsistência
Apesar de indígenas não serem proibidos de criar gado, situação gera temor que fazendeiros usem área para criação ilegal
dlvr.it
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Operação federal na Terra Indígena Arariboia (MA), motivada por investigações do Mongabay sobre pecuária ilegal na região, removeu cerca de 2 mil cabeças e aplicou R$ 1,1 milhão em multas ambientais.
Spurred by a @mongabay.com investigation, a federal crackdown removed 2,000 illegal cattle from Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory. But unexpected protests has prompted the government to consider regulating Indigenous-owned cattle bit.ly/40dCEfq
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
Brazil’s Arariboia set to be the first Indigenous land with legal cattle
A crackdown on illegal cattle herds inside the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in Brazil has hit unexpected pushback that could make this the first area of its kind in the country to allow licensed cat...
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Spurred by a @mongabay.com investigation, a federal crackdown removed 2,000 illegal cattle from Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory. But unexpected protests has prompted the government to consider regulating Indigenous-owned cattle bit.ly/40dCEfq
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
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That’s a wrap on #20CongressoAbraji!
SEJ board members @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, Michael Kodas, @bobbymagill.bsky.social & @mollypeterson.bsky.social brought global perspectives to São Paulo and connected with attendees, Brazilian SEJ members. Stay tuned for their takeaways and a webinar!
SEJ board members @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, Michael Kodas, @bobbymagill.bsky.social & @mollypeterson.bsky.social brought global perspectives to São Paulo and connected with attendees, Brazilian SEJ members. Stay tuned for their takeaways and a webinar!
July 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
That’s a wrap on #20CongressoAbraji!
SEJ board members @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, Michael Kodas, @bobbymagill.bsky.social & @mollypeterson.bsky.social brought global perspectives to São Paulo and connected with attendees, Brazilian SEJ members. Stay tuned for their takeaways and a webinar!
SEJ board members @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, Michael Kodas, @bobbymagill.bsky.social & @mollypeterson.bsky.social brought global perspectives to São Paulo and connected with attendees, Brazilian SEJ members. Stay tuned for their takeaways and a webinar!
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Communities in the Amazon reported severe cuts of up to 80% of Brazil nut crops, with some territories collecting “not even a single nut.”
@nandawenzel.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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@nandawenzel.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
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Iconic Brazil nut crop plunges after extreme drought, skyrocketing prices
A vital Amazonian superfood suddenly vanishes, leaving thousands of Indigenous and extractivist families reeling.
news.mongabay.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Communities in the Amazon reported severe cuts of up to 80% of Brazil nut crops, with some territories collecting “not even a single nut.”
@nandawenzel.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/icon...
@nandawenzel.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social for @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/icon...
“For me, it’s all about collaboration and solidarity. That’s really what this is a gesture of,” says @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, who led a group of expert writers to finish Phillips’ book. @andrew.intercept.com.br
My latest for @mongabay.com
bit.ly/44lC8OG
My latest for @mongabay.com
bit.ly/44lC8OG
Finishing Dom Phillips’ posthumous book was ‘the hardest thing emotionally’ co-authors say
“The journalist should not be part of the story.” Jonathan Watts, British journalist based in Brazil, recalls the words of fellow British journalist Dom Phillips and the challenges they posed to finis...
bit.ly
June 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“For me, it’s all about collaboration and solidarity. That’s really what this is a gesture of,” says @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, who led a group of expert writers to finish Phillips’ book. @andrew.intercept.com.br
My latest for @mongabay.com
bit.ly/44lC8OG
My latest for @mongabay.com
bit.ly/44lC8OG
"Emotionally, it has several meanings for me. Firstly, because it’s like realizing Dom’s death, because he was still writing, he was still alive,” Alessandra Sampaio, widow of Dom Phillips, says about the recent launch of Phillips’ posthumous book. 3 years ago, he and Bruno Pereira were killed.
On June 5, 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were brutally killed in the Javari Valley region, in the Brazilian Amazon; Phillips was investigating illegal fishing in the region for his book.
On the eve of the book release, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes.
On the eve of the book release, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes.
Dom Phillips’ posthumous book centers on collaborative work for saving the Amazon
“You can’t stop important, high-quality journalistic work.” Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips, says it was the main driver that led her to unite forces with his friends to…
news.mongabay.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Emotionally, it has several meanings for me. Firstly, because it’s like realizing Dom’s death, because he was still writing, he was still alive,” Alessandra Sampaio, widow of Dom Phillips, says about the recent launch of Phillips’ posthumous book. 3 years ago, he and Bruno Pereira were killed.
My "Blood timber" series is as a finalist for Brazil's 5th Integrity Award, promoted by the "I Don't Accept Corruption" Institute. The series is the only environmental investigation among 10 finalists. @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
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Series: Blood Timber
Environmental science and conservation news
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June 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My "Blood timber" series is as a finalist for Brazil's 5th Integrity Award, promoted by the "I Don't Accept Corruption" Institute. The series is the only environmental investigation among 10 finalists. @mongabay.com @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/series/blood...
news.mongabay.com/series/blood...
“Emotionally, it has several meanings for me. Firstly, because it’s like realizing Dom’s death, because he was still writing, he was still alive,” says Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips.
On June 5, 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were brutally killed in the Javari Valley region, in the Brazilian Amazon; Phillips was investigating illegal fishing in the region for his book.
On the eve of the book release, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes.
On the eve of the book release, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes.
Dom Phillips’ posthumous book centers on collaborative work for saving the Amazon
“You can’t stop important, high-quality journalistic work.” Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips, says it was the main driver that led her to unite forces with his friends to…
news.mongabay.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“Emotionally, it has several meanings for me. Firstly, because it’s like realizing Dom’s death, because he was still writing, he was still alive,” says Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips.
I'm very thankful for this opportunity to speak with @makingpeacevisible.bsky.social about my work and the latest impact of a year-long investigation into illegal cattle in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory for @mongabay.com and the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social's Rainforest Investigations Network
NEW EPISODE | Thanks to Award-winning Brazilian investigative journalist @bykarlamendes.bsky.social
of @mongabay.com, indigenous Amazon forest defenders have a chance for justice, and illegal cattle are being removed from protected land. LISTEN: tinyurl.com/mw2fat68
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social
of @mongabay.com, indigenous Amazon forest defenders have a chance for justice, and illegal cattle are being removed from protected land. LISTEN: tinyurl.com/mw2fat68
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I'm very thankful for this opportunity to speak with @makingpeacevisible.bsky.social about my work and the latest impact of a year-long investigation into illegal cattle in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory for @mongabay.com and the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social's Rainforest Investigations Network