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Apr 24

Thanks @IMarEST for the Kevin Tester Award for Marine Journalism for myself & @plebillon for our investigation into illegal fishing in Ecuador. Honoured. And thanks to @GlobalRepCentre for the support imarest.org/themarineprofe

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for the Kevin Tester Award for Marine Journalism for myself &

for our investigation into illegal fishing in Ecuador. Honoured. And thanks to

Illegal fishing in the Galapagos

for the support

imarest.org

Journalists Chris Arsenault and Philippe Le Billon take us through the making of their story that has won the 2023 award in honour of the late Kevin Tester, the IMarEST's former technical advisor...

Apr 6

Latest study on China's distant water fishing fleet and its impacts in South America with Isabella Montecalvo

Ocean predators: Squids, Chinese fleets and the geopolitics of high seas fishing

@milkorockmar

sciencedirect.com

Distant Water Fishing is a major concern for ocean sustainability and maritime geopolitics, especially for countries fearing incursions into their Exc…

How You Can Use Social Media to Support Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ

Apr 6

The Wall Street Journal is offering resources for people who want to show their support for Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in a Moscow prison on espionage charges

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The Wall Street Journal is offering resources for people who want to show their support across social media for the jailed WSJ reporter.

Jan 22

"You just had the largest oil reserves ... light sweet crude discovered off of Guyana. You have Venezuela's resources as well with oil, copper, gold. We have the Amazon's resources too: 31% of the world's fresh water ...We have a lot at stake and a lot to do. This region matters"

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Jan 22

US military on Latin America: "Why this region matters? With all of its rich resources and rare earth elements; they've got the lithium triangle which is needed for technology today. 60% of the world's lithium is in... Argentina, Bolivia, Chile." twitter.com/Alexander_Avin…

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USSOUTHCOM commander talking about natural resources in Latin America & Caribbean

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The Times and The Sunday Times

Shay

@ShaymaBakht

Dec 26, 2022

Went undercover in Saudi Arabia to investigate hundreds of wealthy citizens selling their vulnerable maids online - on their version of eBay I spoke to sellers flogging workers alongside cars & fridges on this disturbing black market app - still available on Apple/Google stores

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@thetimes

Dec 26, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: A Times investigation shows that hundreds of domestic workers are being illegally trafficked and sold to the highest bidders through Saudi Arabia’s largest online marketplace thetimes.co.uk/article/maids-

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Amid struggling COP15 talks, Indigenous leaders from Canada offer some solutions

Latoya

@LatoyaAbulu

Dec 14, 2022

Agreements on the targets and approaches at #COP15 are especially slow, with Indigenous delegates pointing to a few Canadian solutions to resolve contentious issues.

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This story was published in partnership with Grist. As nearly 200 countries struggle to negotiate a new plan for nature conservation at the United Nations’ Biodiversity Conference in Montreal,...

The world is struggling to figure out conservation. First Nations have some ideas.

Dec 14, 2022

As nearly 200 countries struggle to negotiate a new plan for nature conservation at the UN's COP15, Indigenous-led guardian programs in Canada may offer tangible successes in protecting crucial lands and waterways #COP15 #landrights

grist.org

First Nations guardian programs offer one example of how governments can work with Indigenous peoples.

Nov 13, 2022

From the yacht marinas of Dubai to diplomatic corridors in Ankara and the oilfields of Saudi Arabia, these are some beneficiaries as the war drags on into winter and the death toll climbs. #Ukraine

As Russia's war in Ukraine drags on, here are some surprising geopolitical winners | CBC News

From the yacht marinas of Dubai to the diplomatic corridors in Ankara and the oilfields of Saudi Arabia, these are some unexpected winners as the war in Ukraine drags on into winter and the death...

Sep 18, 2022

"If we are going to take Bolsonaro's recent statements at face value, as we probably should, he is unlikely to accept the result." #Brazil

In Brazil, fears of Jan. 6-style post-election violence increase as president casts doubt on voting...

To partisans across a stark political divide, Brazil's upcoming election is nothing less than a battle for the future of democracy in South America's largest nation. The Sunday vote pits leftist...

Mongabay

@mongabay

Sep 15, 2022

The Brazilian Amazon has been transformed from a carbon dioxide sink to a source for new emissions over the past two decades, a 2021 study shows, reports

New study offers latest proof that Brazilian Amazon is now a net CO2 source

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The Brazilian Amazon has been transformed by fires and deforestation into a net emitter of carbon dioxide, rather than a sink absorbing the greenhouse gas, with dangerous implications for global...

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Media reporting can help expose questionable practices, push for contract disclosure and motivate some authorities to publicly commit to reforms and even to move ‘beyond oil’ #Guyana #Oil #journalism

sciencedirect.com

Covering crude bargains: The impacts of investigative media reporting on oil deals

After three decades of work on the resource curse and anti-corruption initiatives, poor resource governance and dubious oil deals are still common occ…

Aug 3, 2022

By 2030, big investors could control 40% of the U.S. rental home market In Canada, no one is tracking the scale of institutional investments in #housing #cdnpoli

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CBC News

@CBCNews

Aug 3, 2022

Investment firms have become the biggest new buyers of U.S. homes. Some advocacy groups fear families can't compete against money managers with billions in assets. cbc.ca/1.6538087

Aug 3, 2022

As housing becomes unaffordable, 1 in 4 houses sold in the U.S. in 1st quarter bought by institutional investors. The trend is "just in its infancy" in Canada, head of ReMax says.

Want to buy a house? So do some of the biggest investing firms in North America | CBC News

Investment firms are buying up U.S. homes — a development that's "just in its infancy" in Canada, but a trend that could make it harder for families to buy homes.

He’s been called a deforester and killer. Now he’s called mayor.

Jul 27, 2022

A skillfully reported piece on the officials behind Amazon deforestation

washingtonpost.com

In the Amazon, there's little political cost to destroying the rainforest.

Mike Davis is still a damn good storyteller

Dorany Pineda

@DoranyPineda90

Jul 25, 2022

"I’m writing because I’m hoping the people who read it don’t need dollops of hope or good endings but are reading so that they’ll know what to fight, and fight even when the fight seems hopeless." Loved reading

@SamAugustDean

's interview with Mike Davis.

latimes.com

Even in his final act, the legendary scholar and theorist does not mince words. He sees an L.A. that is decaying from the bottom up.

Global Reporting Centre

Jul 20, 2022

Skyrocketing demand for copper, lithium and rare earths has sparked a geopolitical race, worrying environmentalists. Read the latest from

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Internal DND study calls green technology minerals 21st-century 'oil weapon' | CBC News

As countries race to adopt more electric technologies in the face of climate change, governments are battling to secure control over minerals such as copper and rare earths.

Jul 12, 2022

It’s somehow heartening to hear war criminals say the quiet part loud

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Natasha Bertrand

@NatashaBertrand

Jul 12, 2022

.@jaketapper: "One doesn't have to be brilliant to attempt a coup." John Bolton: "I disagree with that, as someone who has helped planned coups d'etat—not here, but you know, other places—it takes a lot of work."

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record for first half of 2022

Jake Spring

@jakespring

Jul 8, 2022

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hit a new record in 1st half 2022, govt data shows today. Destruction also reaching deeper in forest. Amazonas state in heart of forest led Brazil with the most deforestation. Experts say worse is yet to come this year

reuters.com

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an area five times the size of New York City was destroyed, preliminary government data...

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Jun 29, 2022

Illegal fishing is worth $50bn annually. Ecuador is leveraging satellites to try and stop it.

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To fight illegal fishing in the Galapagos, Ecuador turns to Canadian satellite and sensing techno...

June 5 is the UN's International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), and officials say the issue is only getting worse globally. In Ecuador, they are turning...

Declassified documents highlight the U.S. role in Colombia’s conflict.

Jun 28, 2022

US spent $10bn on military aid to Colombia in conflict leading to 260,000 deaths Declassified docs show: -CIA believed Colombia military gave target list to paramilitaries before massacre of 20 workers -Oil companies actively provided intel to army

nytimes.com

Jun 21, 2022

UAE company to lease 400,000 ha of farmland in Sudan. The global land rush is kicking back into gear as #food prices spike #landrights

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Nafisa Eltahir

@nafisaeltahir

EXCLUSIVE: UAE is building a Red Sea port/free zone and expanding farming in Sudan as part of a $6 billion deal, says partner businesmen Osama Daoud. The deal includes a deposit of $300 million to the central bank, the first such grant since the coup. reuters.com/world/middle-e

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Jun 21, 2022

From 1973-2013, between 1/4 and 1/2 of interstate wars were connected to oil, according to research published in the journal International Security. Analysts fear this trend will continue with minerals needed for the energy transition

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CBC News

@CBCNews

Minerals needed to power the green transition from fossil fuels could become "the 21st-century version of the 'oil weapon,'" warns an internal study commissioned by Canada's Department of National Defence. cbc.ca/1.6489196

The transition away from fossil fuels needs to happen - fast Internal files from Canada's military warn green tech minerals are becoming "21st century version of the 'oil weapon' that Arab countries used during the 1973 OPEC embargo"

Internal DND study calls green technology minerals 21st-century 'oil weapon' | CBC News

As countries race to adopt more electric technologies in the face of climate change, governments are battling to secure control over minerals such as copper and rare earths.

Will conflicts of the future be fought over rare earth elements, lithium and coltan rather than oil? An internal study from Canada’s defence department sheds light on the new mercantilism ⁦

⁩ #climate

Internal DND study calls green technology minerals 21st-century 'oil weapon' | CBC News

As countries race to adopt more electric technologies in the face of climate change, governments are battling to secure control over minerals such as copper and rare earths.

Teresa Bo

@TeresaBo

It’s difficult to explain what’s happening right outside Gustavo Petros HQ. Thousands are celebrating, crying what they say is a historic day. It’s the first time a left wing Candidate makes it to the Presidency. It’s symbolic because previous ones were killed.

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This is big news — for the first time in its history #Colombia will have a leftist leader as more countries across the region turn to the left.

Leftist ex-rebel Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidency in narrow, historic election | CBC News

Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the country's first leftist presid...

How the final journey of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira ended in tragedy

Tom Phillips

@tomphillipsin

Jun 17, 2022

The hardest story I have ever had to write 😭

theguardian.com

The journalist and Indigenous expert travelled upstream in Brazil’s far western Amazon region, a trip from which they did not return alive

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Glencore on track to smash profit record

Jun 17, 2022

Instability/inflation certainly haven’t hurt brokers of natural resources

ft.com

Commodity group confident its marketing division’s first-half profit will exceed $3.2bn

Mohamed Nanabhay

@mohamed

Jun 15, 2022

Dig in…

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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

@rasmus_kleis

Jun 15, 2022

2022 Digital News Report out now. A huge effort by an amazing team that I'm proud to be part of. We cover 46 markets on six continents, accounting for more than half of the world's population. Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-r Follow #DNR22 And a few highlights in thread 1/9

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Jun 14, 2022

A beautiful, insightful piece about the best TV show ever made

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Jacobin

@jacobin

Jun 14, 2022

The first season of "The Wire" began 20 years ago this month. It remains one of this century's great television shows — both stylish and smart, with unforgettable characters woven into a striking portrait of the depredations of capitalism in one US city. jacobinmag.com/2022/06/the-wi

Bolsonaro says ‘something wicked’ done to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Brian Winter

@BrazilBrian

Jun 13, 2022

Given today's tragic news in Brazil, this is making the rounds: It depicts Brazilian military as focused on Bolsonaro's crusade against electronic voting system, instead of violence & plunder in the Amazon

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Devastating news is coming in related to Dom Philipps and Bruno Pereira. They represented the best of our profession. If you can, a link to support their families is below. gofundme.com/f/help-dombrun

theguardian.com

Brazil president comments on journalist and Indigenous expert’s fate amid unconfirmed claims bodies have been found in Amazon

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Pelé

@Pele

Jun 8, 2022

The fight for the preservation of the Amazon Forest and of the indigenous groups belongs to all of us. I am moved by the disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Ferreira, who dedicate their lives to this cause. I join the many voices that make the appeal to intensify the search.

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Elisângela Mendonça (Lili)

@lilimendonca

Jun 7, 2022

🚨The

@pulitzercenter

launched an emergency call to cover the disappearing of our friend

@domphillips

and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Please help us spread the word.

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Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF)

@Rainforest_RJF

Jun 7, 2022

The @pulitzercenter @Amazon_RJF is launching an emergency call to cover the violations to the Amazon forest in Vale do Javari, and to accompany the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Apply

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, one of our mandates is to add academic rigour to journalism by having scholars and reporters partner together to produce in-depth works of journalism. The latest from

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on illegal fishing in Ecuador does just that.

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