This International Reporting Program series explores how Brazil’s economic and energy interests clash with efforts to protect the environment and preserve ancestral aboriginal land. As a result, many people have been killed, put on death lists or chased off their land.
Since the UBC International Reporting Program’s “Dying for Land” video ran ...
Dying for Land In southwest Brazil, cattle ranching and other types of farming have turned the country into one of the major breadbaskets of the world. However, many of these lucrative …
Damming the Amazon The Xikrin people are fighting to protect their ancestral land in the heart of the Amazon, as a massive hydropower dam threatened to dry out their river, …
About the Project
The International Reporting Program spent nine months reporting, recording and editing to tell stories about Brazil's economic boom. In our research, we found under-reported stories of murder, forced removals and land disputes that went unheard both within Brazil and around the world. We hope you find this site helpful in understanding the price countries often pay for progress.