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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!

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/2024/06/12/…

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

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/2024/05/23/…

💡 #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

🇧🇷 Potassium mine is being built on Indigenous territory, and Federal Public Ministry is taking legal action. @FabioBishpo for @InfoAmazonia: infoamazonia.org/2024/05/17/min…

Story by @leandromelito and @murilopajolla | @Internews, @USAIDPeru and @wcsbrasil1 #AREP #TogetherForConservation 📷: Eduardo Passaro/IIEB infoamazonia.org/en/2024/05/22/…

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. 👇

📣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!

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.

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/2024/05/13/…

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.

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.

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.

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/2024/05/10/…

"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.

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.

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.