Lucas Berti

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Brazilian journalist covering Latin America.

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Critical minerals drive legalization of mining on Amazon Indigenous lands

Lucas Berti 3 Nov 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Brazil in 2024 and signed deals with President Lula on transition minerals.

Brazil’s market-based forest fund gets new endorsers ahead of COP30 debut

Lucas Berti 10 Sep 2025

Shark meat is prepared for distribution at CEAGESP in São Paulo city,

Mongabay shark meat exposé sparks call for hearing and industry debate

Philip Jacobson, Karla Mendes, Lucas Berti 26 Aug 2025

Area of burned forest in the city of Apuí, Amazonas state. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real via Wikimedia Commons. (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Amazon deforestation spikes as Brazil blames criminal fires

Lucas Berti 16 Jul 2025

Deforestation plunges but environmental threats remain as Colombia hosts COP16

Lucas Berti 21 Oct 2024

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Soldiers from the PROLANSATE Foundation on patrol

Ofelia Samboni an Indigenous Yanacona member and landowner in Monclart, holds a stone containing copper. The stone was found in the river close to the mining area. Image by Antonio Cascio for Mongabay.

The last photo taken between Rhett Butler and Jane Goodall--who shared a friendship for nearly 15 years--at the Forbes Sustainability Leadership Summit. Photo by Sofia Negron.

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