Revealed: Illegal Cattle Boom in Arariboia Territory in Deadliest Year for Indigenous Guajajara Commercial cattle ranching is banned on Indigenous territories in Brazil, but a yearlong Mongabay investigation reveals that large plots in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory have been used for...

Let's congratulate RIN Fellow @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and for winning the 2025 #OakesAward with her reporting that uncovers how illegal cattle ranching is threatening Indigenous communities in the Amazon.

Read this story published in @mongabay.com. bit.ly/3XyVOvz

🏆 Congratulations to Karla Mendes and @mongabay.com for winning the 2025 #OakesAward!

Their reporting uncovers illegal cattle ranching and violence threatening Indigenous lands in the Amazon, exposing urgent environmental and human rights crises.

Celebrate with us! ICIJ reporter Scilla Alecci visited Columbia Journalism School to receive the #OakesAward for Distinguished Environmental Journalism for #DeforestationInc investigation. You can learn more about the award here: journalism.columbia.edu/oakes

Deforestation Inc. wins 2024 Oakes Award for environmental journalism - ICIJ Judges praised the ICIJ-led investigation as “an exemplary model for global collaboration in environmental reporting.”

#DeforestationInc uncovered how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations when granting environmental certifications around the world.

Last month, it was awarded the #OakesAward. Click to learn more: