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REVISTA PIAUÍ CCCA

Land Grabbing, Gold Mining, and Cocaine Trade in the Amazon

Piaui graphic art about crime in the Amazon region

This investigation, written in Portuguese, uncovers a scheme in the Amazon region called "agropó" that combines land grabbing, illegal mining, and international cocaine trafficking. The investigation reveals that wealthy landowners, such as Janio Oliveira, have been involved in this lucrative criminal network.

Read the story (Portuguese only)
INFOAMAZONIA PULITZER CENTER ARMANDO.INFO

Amazon Underworld

Violin bows sold at a UK store and made of an endangered species of brazilwood

A 1-year cross-border series of articles that mapped the presence of organized crime groups in the Amazon region and reported on the field about the impacts of their actions. Data Fixers coordinated the data analysis and obtained the documents needed for the stories.

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ICIJ PODER 360 AGÊNCIA PÚBLICA REVISTA PIAUÍ

Deforestation Inc.

Violin bows sold at a UK store and made of an endangered species of brazilwood

An International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)-led cross-border investigation exposes how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations when granting environmental certifications. Data Fixers coordinated the data analysis and obtained the documents needed for the Brazilian stories.

Visit the project page Read an article about this project on the Brown Institute's website Read the story in Portuguese
GLOBAL WITNESS REPÓRTER BRASIL

How public agencies hinder access to information about the beef cattle chain

Cattle in Brazil.

In partnership with NGO Global Witness, Data Fixers has investigated how government agencies use several strategies to withhold data about the cattle chain in Brazil, making it harder to investigate companies.

Read an english version Read the story in Portuguese
REVISTA PIAUÍ

The largest land grabber in the Amazon

A land ilegally used by a land grabber in the Amazon

The Brazilian magazine Piauí has published a profile on Altino Masson, a man who has ilegally seized 458,000 hectares of public lands, an area equivalent to three times the size of the city of São Paulo. This story is based on a data analysis conducted by Data Fixers and the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), which used data from the Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR), as well as Ibama's environmental fines data and other sources.

Read the article in Portuguese
OCCRP REVISTA PIAUÍ

A world heritage site under attack in Brazil

Violin bows sold at a UK store and made of an endangered species of brazilwood

This story was supported by Earth News Network/Internews. Brazilwood is being driven to extinction by an industry not often associated with organized crime: classical music. Known for its density and strength, the wood is crafted into bows that are used to play stringed instruments such as violins and cellos around the world. Forensic tests on a sample of the confiscated wood, obtained by reporters, show it was logged in the Pau Brazil National Park.

Read the article in Portuguese English version
OCCRP REVISTA PIAUÍ

The Brazilian Bow Makers Under Investigation For Dealing in Endangered Wood

Violin bows sold at a UK store and made of an endangered species of brazilwood

A 2-month cross-border investigation in the US, UK and Brazil about a group of bowmakers suspicious of trafficking an endangered brazilian wood to make violin and cello bows.

Read the English version Read the story in Portuguese (part 1) Read the story in Portuguese (part 2)
BRAZILIAN REPORT REVISTA PIAUÍ

How Brazil's environmental agency lost R$ 1 billion in environmental fines

Thousands of documents have disappeared from Ibama offices.

An investigation about how environmental fines disappeared from Brazil's environmental agency office, Ibama, helping several environmental offenders save money and continue deforestation in the Amazon.

Read the story in English Read the story in Portuguese
BBC

Brazil might lose R$ 300 million in environmental fines

Brazil's environmental agency agents

A story Data Fixers found through a database of expired fines. Brazil's Federal Court of Accounts released a report mentioning the same documents and conclusions revealed in this story and recommended policy changes to the environmental agency a few months later.

Read the story in Portuguese
THE WASHINGTON POST

A failure of enforcement

Brazil's environmental agency agents

This story was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in the Explanatory Journalism category. The Washington Post used our expired fines dataset and support to investigate how Brazil is struggling to enforce environmental crimes. Their reporter praised the project on his Twitter.

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Our datasets and public records released:



Google Colab Spreadsheet

Every environmental fine in Brazil in 2022

a slave labor report cover

A dataset containing every environmental fine issued by Brazil's environmental agency (Ibama) in 2022, detailed by type, city, state and others.

Open the spreadsheet
DocumentCloud

Slave labor reports (1990-2022)

a slave labor report cover

More than 700 complete slave labor reports obtained from a FOIA request.

Open the documents on Document Cloud
Python/Pandas Spreadsheet/Excel

Land grabbing? Rural properties located in indigenous land protected areas (and some of their owners)

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

Data Fixers has obtained a dataset - Rural Land Register (Cadastro Ambiental Rural) - from the state of Mato Grosso and cross-referencted it with another database of rural areas located inside indigenous lands. The data comes from Ibama, Brazil's environmental agency.

Open the spreadsheet Check the code on Github/Google Collaboratory
Spreadsheet/Excel

Illegal mining: airplane seizures by the Federal Police (2009-2022)

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

Data Fixers has obtained a spreadsheet containing every airplane seizure in Brazil made by the Federal Police in more than a decade, most of it related to illegal mining.

Open the spreadsheets
FOIA

Illegal mining: ICMBIO (Brazil's Institute for Biodiversity Conservation) fines(2021-2022)

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

We have obtained a spreadsheet and a PDF collection containing every fine issued by ICMBIO - Chico Mendes Institute. for Biodiversity Conservationrelated to illegal mining.

Open the documents
Python/Pandas Spreadsheet/Excel

Political candidates and donors (2022) sanctioned for environmental crimes

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

We have scraped every environmental fine from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources website (IBAMA) and cross-referenced it with every political candidate and donor in the 2022 Brazilian election. It was used in an investigation by Al Jazeera and several other media outlets.

Open the spreadsheets Check the code on Github/Google Collaboratory
FOIA Spreadsheet/Excel

Reconciliation hearings - Ibama (2021-2022)

Ibama - audiencia de conciliacao

A dataset obtained through a FOIA request containing the result of environmental offenders reconciliation hearings.

Read about the data (in Portuguese) Open the spreadsheet
FOIA Spreadsheet/Excel

Rural property ownership in Distrito Federal (DF) - Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR)

a rural property style=

A dataset obtained through a FOIA request containing every rural land register in Distrito Federal and who owns those lands.

Read about the data (in Portuguese) Open the spreadsheet
Spreadsheet/Excel

Indigenous people mental health data (2018-2022)

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

We have obtained data from the Ministry of Health in a Freedom of Information request (FOIA) with details about alcohol and drug abuse among indigenous people in Brazil.

Open the spreadsheets
FOIA

Roraima: Indigenous people killed in illegal mining areas (2018-2022)

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

We have obtained data from the police with details about indigenous people deaths in mining areas.

Read the document
Python/Pandas Spreadsheet/Excel

Illegal fishing and wildlife trafficking (seizures) in Brazil's conservation units

a chart showing parties with more environmental fines

A database obtained through a freedom of information request containing every case of illegal fishing and wildlife trafficking in Brazilian conservation units (source:ICMBio).

Open the spreadsheets
Python/Pandas Spreadsheet/Excel

Political candidates and donors (2022) sanctioned for slave labor

an anti slave labor operation in brazil

We have cross-referenced every political candidate and donor in the 2022 Brazilian election with slave-labor cases between 2010 and 2020 obtained through a FOIA request.

Open the spreadsheets Check the code on Github/Google Collaboratory
FOIA

Employee dismissal records at IBAMA

a slave labor report image

Through the Access to Informaction Act (also known as LAI in Brazil), we got access to records related to the dismissals of public officials at IBAMA. One of these documents revealed that an official agent anticipated operations against environmental crimes to a company.

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Python/Pandas Spreadsheet/Excel

Expired environmental fines

a histogram shows school performance normal distribution in Brazil

This is a dataset of environmental fines expired in Brazil, including companies' names, environmental crimes and more. It was featured in journalistic investigations by BBC and The Washington Post.

Open the dataset in OCCRP's Aleph system (account needed) Open it in a Google Spreadsheet
Python

Timber illegal trade (2008-2022)

a slave labor report image

We have scraped every timber illegal trade sanctioned by Ibama from 2008 to 2022 with specific details about each case, divided by city, state and company.

Read the code (Python/Google Colab) Open a Google Spreadsheet
Python Google Collaboratory

Environmental crime administrative trials

a histogram shows school performance normal distribution in Brazil

A dataset of environmental crimes found by IBAMA, the Brazilian environmental agency, and their trial date.

Check the code on Github/Google Collaboratory Check the spreadsheets (in Portuguese)

Any use of documents downloaded from this site must attribute the "Data Fixers project" with a link to this website.


Data Fixers supports news outlets in Brazil and abroad. Check who's using it:



Outlet Date Story
BBC 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; valor perdido vem subindo desde 2017
UOL 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; valor perdido vem subindo desde 2017
Yahoo News 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; valor perdido vem subindo desde 2017
G1 - Globo 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; valor perdido vem subindo desde 2017
Terra 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; valor perdido vem subindo desde 2017
ClimaInfo 8/12/22 Mais de 2,2 mil multas ambientais – quase R$ 300 mi – podem prescrever em 2022
Brasil Amazonia Agora (blog) 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022
BNC Amazonas 8/12/22 Política ambiental de Bolsonaro faz país perder R$ 300 milhões em multas
Fiquem Sabendo 8/16/22 Newsletter: as multas com prescrições no Ibama
Campo Grande News 8/16/22 Em MS, R$ 253 mil em multas aplicadas pelo Ibama correm risco de caducar
PNB Online 8/16/22 Multas ambientais com risco de prescrição ultrapassam R$8 mi em MT
Expresso MS 8/16/22 Em MS, R$ 253 mil em multas aplicadas pelo Ibama correm risco de vencer
CBN (Radio) 8/16/22 Mais de 2 mil multas ambientais podem prescrever neste ano
Folha do Progresso 8/12/22 Quase R$ 300 milhões em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; Valor vem subindo
Racismo Ambiental 8/14/22 Quase R$ 300 mi em multas ambientais podem prescrever em 2022; valor perdido vem subindo desde 2017
OCCRP (dataset) 8/17/22 Expired environmental fines in Brazil (login needed)
Costa Rica em Foco 8/16/22 Em MS, R$ 253 mil em multas aplicadas pelo Ibama correm risco de vencer
Um Só Planeta - Globo 8/16/22 Mais de 2.000 multas ambientais podem prescrever neste ano
Bahia Notícias 8/19/22 Ibama pode deixar de arrecadar mais de R$ 100 mil em multas aplicadas na Bahia; entenda
Diamantina FM (Radio) 8/19/22 Ibama pode deixar de arrecadar mais de R$ 100 mil em multas aplicadas na Bahia; entenda
The Washington Post 8/30/22 Deforestation enforcement: Deforesters are plundering the Amazon. Brazil is letting them get away with it.
Vocativo 9/12/22 Filha de Menezes recebeu verba de doadora multada por infração ambiental
Correio do Povo 9/12/22 Projeto mostra que 169 candidatos já foram multados por infrações ambientais
R7 (Record) 9/12/22 Projeto mostra que 169 candidatos já foram multados por infrações ambientais
Mais Brasil (Radio) 9/13/22 Levantamento aponta que 169 candidatos acumulam mais de R$83 milhões em multas ambientais
Bahia Notícias 9/15/22 Bahia tem 16 candidatos ao legislativo multados pelo Ibama entre 2005 e 2022
Acorda Cidade 9/15/22 Bahia tem 16 candidatos ao legislativo multados pelo Ibama entre 2005 e 2022
Acaopopular.net 9/15/22 Bahia tem 16 candidatos ao legislativo multados pelo Ibama entre 2005 e 2022, dentre eles Marcelo Nilo e Robinho
Aragao Notícias (blog) 9/15/22 Bahia tem 16 candidatos multados pelo Ibama
Nexo 9/21/22 PL concentra 40,5% das doações de autuados por crime ambiental
Metrópoles 9/26/22 Após mortes de Bruno e Dom, governo cortou R$ 8,2 milhões da Funai
BNC Amazonas 9/26/22 Bolsonaro tira mais de R$ 8 milhões da Funai no Vale do Javari
Hora do Povo 9/26/22 Mesmo após morte de Bruno e Dom, governo Bolsonaro corta R$ 8,2 milhões da Funai
Em Tempo 9/26/22 Javari sem nada
ClimaInfo 9/26/22 Governo Bolsonaro corta R$ 8 milhões da FUNAI
Racismo Ambiental 9/26/22 Governo Bolsonaro corta R$ 8,2 milhões da FUNAI
Ecos da Notícia 9/27/22 Governo Bolsonaro corta R$ 8,2 milhões da FUNAI
Fiquem Sabendo 9/26/22 Mesmo após mortes, governo Bolsonaro corta R$ 8,2 milhões da FUNAI (newsletter)
Toda Hora 9/27/22 Governo cortou R$ 8 milhões em despesas da Funai, mesmo após mortes no Vale do Javari
InfoAmazonia 9/28/22 60 candidatos da Amazônia têm campanha financiada por desmatadores
ClimaInfo 9/30/22 Agro se aproxima de “bancada da bala” para aumentar influência no Legislativo
Conexão Tocantins 9/30/22 Candidatos no Tocantins foram financiados por desmatadores
Al Jazeera 9/30/22 Brazil votes: Bolsonaro allies stand firm in Amazon bastion
InfoAmazonia 10/5/22 Campanha de Bolsonaro recebeu R$ 3,1 milhões de infratores ambientais
InfoAmazonia 10/5/22 Observatório Socioambiental de Mato Grosso
Metrópoles 10/12/22 Senador bolsonarista foi multado quatro vezes por crimes ambientais
Fiquem Sabendo 10/11/22 Newsletter: Os candidatos eleitos que receberam multas ambientais (newsletter)
Alagoas 24 Horas 10/12/22 Senador eleito em Rondônia foi multado 4 vezes por crimes ambientais
Fiquem Sabendo 10/24/22 Abrimos os dados do Cadastro Ambiental Rural (newsletter)
Bahia Notícias 10/25/22 Bahia lidera número de registros oficiais de imóveis rurais no país
Bahia Notícias 10/25/22 Oeste da Bahia tem 7 das 10 cidades com maior área registrada no CAR
Portal do Cerrado 10/26/22 Bahia tem o maior número de registros de imóveis rurais do país, diz MAPA
De Olho nos Ruralistas (english version) 10/26/22 Interview: Dossier shows Bolsonaro’s attacks against public transparency and access to environmental data
Diário Catarinense 10/28/22 Comércio ilegal de madeira gera quase R$ 4 milhões em multas em SC
Terra 10/28/22 Trabalho escravo e crimes ambientais: conheça alguns doadores de campanha de Bolsonaro
Alma Preta 10/28/22 Trabalho escravo e crimes ambientais: conheça alguns apoiadores de Bolsonaro
Neomundo 10/29/22 Campanha de Bolsonaro recebeu R$ 3,1 milhões de infratores ambientais
Jornal do Brasil 10/29/22 Trabalho escravo e crimes ambientais: conheça alguns apoiadores de Bolsonaro
Fiquem Sabendo 11/07/22 As apreensões de peixes, aves e outras infrações contra a fauna (newsletter)
Bahia Notícias 11/09/22 Unidades de Conservação: Desde 2015, BA é 5º estado em número de infrações contra a fauna
Bahia Extra 11/09/22 Unidades de Conservação: Desde 2015, BA é 5º estado em número de infrações contra a fauna
Salvadorez 11/09/22 Unidades de Conservação: Desde 2015, BA é 5º estado em número de infrações contra a fauna
Correio do Lavrado 11/16/22 Desde 2015, unidades de conservação de Roraima tiveram 31 infrações contra a fauna
Fiquem Sabendo 11/21/22 Abuso de álcool tem alta entre população indígena
Bahia Notícias 11/22/22 Bahia tem 146 registros de indicadores de saúde mental da população indígena
Bahia Extra 11/22/22 Bahia tem 146 registros de indicadores de saúde mental da população indígena, segundo Ministério da Saúde
Bahia na Política 11/22/22 Bahia tem 146 registros de indicadores de saúde mental da população indígena, segundo Ministério da Saúde
Metrópoles 11/23/22 Cresce o abuso de álcool entre indígenas, mostra Ministério da Saúde
Jornal Floripa 11/23/22 Cresce o abuso de álcool entre indígenas, mostra Ministério da Saúde
Novo Extra 11/27/22 Agressões à fauna e flora de áreas protegidas passam de 4 mil em sete anos em Alagoas
Metrópoles 11/30/22 União cobra R$ 3,8 bilhões em multas por desmatamento desde 2019
Portal Mulher Amazônica 11/30/22 União cobra R$ 3,8 bilhões em multas por desmatamento desde 2019
Fiquem Sabendo 12/5/22 Veja um balanço dos resultados das audiências de conciliação
Revista Piauí 12/7/22 Como o pau-brasil, ameaçado de extinção e símbolo nacional, acaba em arcos de violino na Europa
Revista Piauí 12/7/22 A nova batalha do pau-brasil
OCCRP 12/7/22 The Brazilian Bow Makers Under Investigation For Dealing in Endangered Wood
The Times (UK) 12/7/22 Brazil cracks down on bows made from rare ‘music trees’
ND Mais 12/29/22 Florianópolis tem a 2ª Unidade de Conservação federal que mais registra infrações no Brasil
Etersec 01/23/23 Financiadores do Caos - Os Bolsoagros
Fiquem Sabendo (newsletter) 01/23/23 Veja propriedades rurais que foram registradas na mesma área de terras indígenas protegidas
MidiaJur 01/28/23 Fazendas tem 54 mil hectares em conflito com terras indígenas em MT
Newsletter: Fiquem Sabendo 02/06/23 As multas na área de garimpo na TI Yanomami
O Antagonista 02/06/23 Garimpeiro usou "lei de Bolsonaro" para tentar barrar operação do ICMBio
SBT (TV station) 02/06/23 PF envia agentes para investigar morte de três yanomami por garimpeiros
Bahia Notícias 02/08/23 Ex-OAS tem avião apreendido na Bahia
O Eco 02/09/23 Criminoso ambiental na Amazônia diz que se sentia protegido por “Lei de Bolsonaro”
Brasil Amazônia Agora 02/09/23 Criminoso ambiental na Amazônia diz que se sentia protegido por “Lei de Bolsonaro”
Grafitti News 02/11/23 Fazendeiros de Roraima davam apoio logístico a garimpeiros para atuar na reserva Yanomami”
NSC Total 02/13/23 PF apreendeu mais de R$ 2,2 milhões em aeronaves em SC
Guararema News 02/13/23 Polícia Federal apreendeu mais de R$ 2 milhões em aeronaves durante 9 anos em SC
Tropical FM 99 (Radio) 02/13/23 Durante nove anos, mais de R$ 2,2 milhões em aeronaves foram apreendidos pela Polícia Federal em Santa Catarina
Jornal do Tocantins 02/14/23 As apreensões de aeronaves no Tocantins
Revista Piauí 02/17/23 Como o Ibama perdeu mais de R$ 1 bilhão
UOL TV 02/17/23 Multas ambientais aplicadas pelo Ibama viraram comida para baratas e traças, diz jornalista
Revista Piauí 03/01/23 Madeireiras com selo de sustentabilidade receberam multas milionárias do Ibama
Racismo Ambiental 03/01/23 Madeireiras com selo de sustentabilidade tiveram mais de R$ 100 milhões em multas do Ibama
Poder 360 03/01/23 Madeireiras com selo verde recebem multas milionárias do Ibama
Poder 360 03/01/23 Madeireiras dizem que há tentativa de criminalizar o setor
Agência Pública 03/01/23 Madeireiras com selo de sustentabilidade tiveram mais de R$ 100 milhões em multas do Ibama
Correio do Lavrado 03/02/23 23% das grávidas indígenas realizou até 3 consultas de pré-natal em 2022
O Liberal 03/02/23 Em 45 países, madeireiras com selo verde são acusadas de infrações ambientais
Pará Terra Boa 03/02/23 No Pará, madeireiras com selo de sustentabilidade tiveram mais de R$ 100 milhões em multas do Ibama
O Povo 03/04/23 Metade das autuações de trabalho escravo no Ceará é no setor de extração de carnaúba
Rádio Diamantina FM 03/14/23 Bahia é top 3 em valores atribuídos a multas ambientais no Nordeste em 2022
Bahia Notícias 03/14/23 As multas ambientais mais caras da Bahia
97 News 03/14/23 As multas ambientais mais caras da Bahia
Gazeta Baiana 03/14/23 Bahia é top 3 em valores atribuídos a multas ambientais no Nordeste em 2022; saiba valores
Sudoeste Hoje 03/14/23 Bahia lidera ranking das multas no Brasi
Revista da Madeira (Remade) 03/17/23 No Pará, madeireiras com selo de sustentabilidade tiveram mais de R$ 100 milhões em multas do Ibama
MidiaJur 03/18/23 Fazendeiro matador de onça foi multado em R$ 6 milhões pelo Ibama
O Repórter do Araguaia 03/20/23 Fazendeiro matador de onça foi multado em R$ 6 milhões pelo Ibama
Metrópoles 03/23/23 Quase metade das maiores multas ambientais foram registradas na Amazônia em 2022
18 Horas (Rádio Mix Manaus) 03/23/23 Das 100 empresas com maiores multas ambientais, 44 atuam na Amazônia; AM é o segundo em valor de multas
BNC Amazonas 03/24/23 Crime ambiental: de 100 empresas mais multadas, 44 estão na Amazônia
BNC Amazonas 03/25/23 Litoral Norte aplica mais de R$ 2,2 milhões de multas ambientais no ano passado


We contribute to improve public transparency awareness in Brazil by doing presentations and interviews


Filecoin Foundation for the Descentralized Web/#FilLisbon2022 (Nov.22) - presentation about Data Fixers in Lisbon/Portugal in a tech conference. Held in English.




Jornal da Cultura - interview (Dec.22) - Our founder Luiz Fernando Toledo was interviewed by Jornal da Cultura, a traditional TV show in Brazil, to explain how Brazil can improve transparency policies in 2023. Held in Portuguese.





Observatório de Justiça e Conservação - interview (Mar.17 2023) - Founder Luiz Fernando Toledo and the investigative journalist Allan de Abreu were interviewed by this Youtube channel to explain stories they have published about environmental crimes, including a cross-border project about greenwashing with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).




UOL/Análise da Notícia - interview (Dec.22) - Founder Luiz Fernando Toledo was interviewed by Brazil's most popular news website to explain how we did the Brazilwood smuggling investigation. Held in Portuguese.



Partners



Fiquem Sabendo logo

Fiquem Sabendo. One of Brazil's most relevant non-profit organizations specialized in public records. We publish data in their newsletter together and partner with media organizations to use our data. Read the content here.

InfoAmazonia logo

InfoAmazonia. Data, interactive maps and journalism on the Amazon rainforest. We we hired to provide data and support for a project related to criminal gangs in the Amazon Rainforest. Read more here.

Muckrock logo

Muckrock/Document Cloud (via Filecoin Foundation). Data Fixers received funding to use DocumentCloud as a platform to share documents and investigate public records for stories. Read more here.

Piauí logo

Revista Piauí (Piauí magazine). One of the the most relevant news magazines in Brazil. Our publishing partner for several projects, including a major cross-border investigation about timber smuggling

Global Witness logo

Global Witness. A non-profit organization that investigates and exposes environmental and human rights abuses. We were hired as public records consultants in Brazil for a specific project.

OCCRP logo

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). This cross-border investigative journalism platform based in Europe is a publishing partner and also helps us spread important datasets through their Aleph system, a platform dedicated to investigative journalists around the world.


About



Cattle in Brazil.

Data Fixers is a data-driven journalism project sponsored by The Brown Institute for Media Innovation – a joint initiative between Columbia University and Stanford University. This project received a Magic Grant to find data and public records to investigate environmental crimes in Brazil and is coordinated by journalist Luiz Fernando Toledo (MS in Data Journalism 2022). Read more about the project in this article by Muckrock and here at the Brown Institute's website.