Andrew Christian Johnson

Documentary Photographer, Filmmaker, Multimedia Journalist

The Ka'apor Indigenous people struggle to protect one of the last remaining areas of Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Pará.

For Mongabay and Mongabay Brasil.

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/in-brazil-indigenous-kaapor-take-their-territorys-defense-into-their-own-hands/

A remote Amazon community grapples with a Canadian mining company's plans to build the largest open-pit gold mine in Brazil.

For Amazon Watch and the Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB).

https://complicityindestruction.org/

A proposed Canadian gold mine in the Brazilian Amazon threatens the environment and wellbeing of nearby communities.

For Mongabay and Mongabay Brasil:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/canadas-belo-sun-hits-legal-hurdles-in-bid-to-mine-indigenous-land-in-brazil/

It is estimated that nearly 70,000 people have been evicted from their homes to make way for government sanctioned projects for games since 2003. Some $16 billion have been spent on the Olympics and "legacy" projects and infrastructure which largely benefits the rich and middle class residents of Rio, while the working class and poor suffer from neglect and exclusion. Many can't even afford tickets to the games.