Fetisov Journalism Awards 2023

Shortlist

Category: Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Jeff Tollefson

(USA)

Last stand in the Amazon

Nature

October 5th 2022

The original publication is available via the following link:

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-03043-6/index.html 

Can science help Indigenous peoples protect themselves and the world’s largest rainforest?

Drug runners, gold miners and loggers are rapidly invading the remote Peruvian Amazon, home to isolated people and a wealth of biodiversity. Nature met the researchers and Indigenous communities fighting to stop the destruction. Read more