Alexandre de Santi

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Brazil Editor - English
Journalist since 1999, based in Brazil. Co-author of three books. Deputy Editor of The Intercept Brasil for four years, including the Vaza Jato period.

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Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown

Handcrafted woodwork helps save an Amazonian reserve, one tree at a time

Amazon states lead rebellion on environmental enforcement

Yanomami sees success two years into Amazon miner evictions, but fears remain

‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho

Probe details the playbook of one of Amazon’s top land grabbers

After a searing Amazon fire season, experts warn of more in 2025

Amazon communities reap the smallest share of bioeconomy profits

The Amazon in 2025: Challenges and hopes as the rainforest takes center stage

Brazil’s big push for tropical forest funding gets support for 2025 debut

Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units

Illegal timber from Amazon carbon credit projects reached Europe, U.S.

Recycling gold can tackle illegal mining in the Amazon, but is no silver bullet

Andes glacier melt threatens Amazon’s rivers & intensifies droughts

Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Brazil plans new reserves to curb deforestation near contested Amazon roads

Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish

Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation

Hopes and fears for the Amazon: Interview with botanist Hans ter Steege

Brazil calls for ambition at COP but struggles over its own climate policy

New Canadian-backed potash mine under fire from Amazon Indigenous groups

Brazil researchers boost timber traceability with new chemical analysis

JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal

Deforestation plunges but environmental threats remain as Colombia hosts COP16

Extreme drought wrecks rivers and daily life in Amazon’s most burnt Indigenous land

Amazon voters elect environmental offenders and climate denialists in Brazil

Delays in land titling threaten the conservation success of quilombos in Brazil

‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead

New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches

Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns

‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says

Report exposes meatpackers’ role in recent chemical deforestation in Brazil

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