
Articles by Clarissa Beretz
Clarissa is a highly skilled and motivated Brazilian journalist with extensive experience in journalistic environmental investigations. In the course of her work with organizations such as World Water Forum, Greenpeace, Trip Editora, Natura and IDESAM (Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia), Envolverde and De Olho nos Ruralistas, she writes about illegal deforestation, social and environmental impacts of hydroelectrical damns in Amazon, indigenous rights and water pollution. Having worked in the Brazilian media industry for many years, Clarissa developed excellent relationships with indigenous leaders, riverside communities, rural people, politicians and a broad range of important contacts and sources to understand the Brazilian conflicts and current Environmental challenges.


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Forest Trackers
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Oceans
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Amazon Conservation
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Land rights and extractives
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Endangered Environmentalists
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- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
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Indonesia's Forest Guardians
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- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
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Conservation Effectiveness
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Southeast Asian infrastructure
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