About the Free Journalism Seminar

On 21–23 September 2021, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) hosted a digital conference on the Amazon rainforest as a climate tipping point and how science, knowledge, and action could help prevent disaster.

Journalists connected with scientists, Indigenous and local leaders, and experts for insights and story development with the Mongabay Latam bureau. The seminar is available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

About this session

Hear insights from Rodrigo Botero, Director, Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible (FCDS); Oscar Campanini, Director, Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia (CEDIB); Patricia Gualinga, Indigenous leader of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon; Julia Urrunaga, Peruvian Director of Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA); and moderator María Isabel Torres, Director, Mongabay Latam.  

How did the pandemic aggravate the crisis in the Amazon? From land grabbing to violence against environmental defenders

Language: English

Year: 2021

Ecosystem(s): Forests

Location(s): Global, Latin America

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