Fabiano Maisonnave

Fabiano Maisonnave lives in Manaus and is the Amazon correspondent for Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil’s most influential newspaper. A 2016 Nieman Fellow, he also has served as the paper’s correspondent in Washington, Caracas, and Beijing and has reported from 31 countries.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Fabiano Maisonnave

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En Brasil, la sequía y los incendios forestales se extienden por la selva tropical
October 20, 2023 By Fabiano Maisonnave

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Environment

In the Amazon, millions breathe hazardous air as drought and wildfires spread through the rainforest
October 20, 2023 By Fabiano Maisonnave

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Environment

Earth’s warriors, young and old, keep battling and hoping
April 21, 2023 By Seth Borenstein, Wanjohi Kabukuru, Fabiano Maisonnave And Sibi Arasu
The younger generations are “the future leaders and there are others coming after us. We must protect the Earth for them.”
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Environment

Brazil’s new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation
January 24, 2023 By Fabiano Maisonnave And Diane Jeantet
Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing.
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Environment

Brazil’s Lula vows no deforestation but challenges loom
January 9, 2023 By Fabiano Maisonnave, Tatiana Pollastri And Eraldo Peres
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges will be greater than fulfilling his promise to end all deforestation...
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