Por Repórter Brasil |
08/08/23
Three people from the Tembé Indigenous People were shot on Monday (07) in the latest chapter of a violent land conflict that began three years ago in northeastern Pará, when the Brasil BioFuels (BBF) group started its palm oil production in the region. The company...
By André Campos and Naira Hofmeister |
01/08/23
Audits during the harvest period, consultation of documents derived from government inspections and lawsuits are some of the practices adopted by the Rainforest Alliance as a “fine-tooth comb” to monitor working conditions on Brazilian farms. The certification, one of...
By Luiz Fernando Toledo* |
05/07/23
In November 2022, Repórter Brasil and Greenpeace revealed that JBS, one of the largest meatpackers on the planet, purchased 8,785 head of cattle reared in deforested areas of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the Amazon. Along the same lines, an investigation...
By Poliana Dallabrida |
15/05/23
A machine with a long handle and metal rods that simulate two hands has become an indispensable item in coffee harvesting in Brazil in recent years. With a gasoline-powered engine, the derriçadeira quickly knocks down the cherry stuck on the branches, while the worker...
By Daniel Camargos, at the Munduruku Indigenous Land, Pará, and Julia Dolce || Photos by Fernando Martinho/Repórter Brasil |
19/04/23
Eleven-year-old Isaías* cannot speak and cannot walk; he is carried around by his father, who carved an armchair out of wood to make up for the lack of a wheelchair. Isaías’s siblings Hélio, 12, Vandir, 8, and Juliana, 5, cannot walk or speak either. Their arms and...
By Catarina Barbosa |
19/12/22
The many campaign promises stressed by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) at COP-27 – the UN climate conference in Egypt – opened room for organizations linked to the environment to discuss future projects, now based on an agenda of reconstruction. Seeking...
