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Planet in Collapse  — 
The river in my village turned green – I was horrified to discover why

In the Xipaya Indigenous Territory, the Iriri River is suffering the effects of climate change, as its waters change color and its fish die. We Indigenous people are living in a time of uncertainty

Other Voices  — 
Dreaming of better worlds

An invitation to recapture the power of the images and voices living inside us and use them as a strategy for forging community and addressing the climate collapse

Collapse  — 
The Amazon of Fungi

A search for beings that sustain the Earth in a forest nearing the point of no return

Journalism from the center of the world
Amazon news at Glance  — 
Deforestation surges, EU-US countermeasures and more…
SUMAÚMA
5 December 2022
A round-up of the best reporting on the Amazon rainforest
SPECIAL REPORT  — 

Fugitive for 17 years: The astonishing story of the man who reported the murder of Dorothy Stang
Ed Wilson Araújo (text) , 
Adriano Almeida (Photos) , 
4 December 2022
Land reform activist Geraldo Magela de Almeida Filho was forced into hiding after being accused of a crime he did not commit. In a SUMAÚMA exclusive, he reveals how he adopted a new name and identity as a traveling salesman in the Amazon, before finally being vindicated in the courts
SPECIAL REPORT  — 

Exclusive: Bolsonaro government set to erase indigenous communities from 2022 Census
Talita Bedinelli
3 December 2022
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics lacks resources to survey three indigenous areas, which will impact government policies for a decade
Perspective  — 

Nature or Money? A look behind new biodiversity superpower pact
Daniela Chiaretti
2 December 2022

The recent pact between Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia raises hopes for tropical conservation but there are concerns it may be overly focussed on carbon credits. Sumaúma looks at the origins of this new front in nature diplomacy for clues about which way it will go

ReXistence  — 
Tanaru’s brave resistance overcomes death
Catarina Barbosa
1 December 2022
Known as the 'Man of the Hole', he protected the Amazon for 26 years. And even after his death, a victory in Brazil’s Supreme Court will help preserve the forest in which he lived
FRONTLINE DISPATCH  — 

Vale’s railway
to oblivion
Soledad Barruti
25 November 2022
A visit to the Awa Guajá, where people have died from sadness as well as guns since their land became a freight line for the world's biggest iron-ore mine
Voices of the Forest  — 
‘For me, the term climate change means the revenge of the Earth’
SUMAÚMA
22 November 2022
In an exclusive interview with SUMAÚMA, Yanomami political leader Davi Kopenawa expresses hope that Lula has become wiser about protecting the Amazon: “Before, he made a mistake, I don’t want him to deceive us again”
Nature in Power  — 

Lula, listen to the
non-human peoples
SUMAÚMA
20 November 2022

In the third part of our Nature in Power series, SUMAÚMA brings you voices for those that are never heard, although they are most affected by the planet’s dominant species

FRONTLINE DISPATCH  — 
A historical autopsy of a Yanomami murder
Ana Maria Machado
20 November 2022
The recent killing of an indigenous woman began in 1973, when a road built by Brazil’s military dictatorship was carved through the forest
ReXistence  — 

COP27: Indigenous groups demand Amazon conference
Edilma Prada Céspedes
18 November 2022

Special correspondent for AGENDA PROPIA in collaboration with SUMAÚMA in Sharm el-Sheikh

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