Rudja Santos

Journalism

Freelance journalist covering environmental, social, and political issues in the Amazon. She received a microgrant from Agência Pública, in partnership with WWF Brazil, to research climate change. In 2024, she was a speaker at the ABRAJI Congress on journalism, security, and biodiversity in the Amazon. He was an ABRAJI fellow for reporting on environmental defenders and participated in conferences and training related to environmental and data journalism. He works in Amapá and French Guiana.

Open Calls

Public call for journalistic reports based on biodiversity data

Projects

When sound becomes a weapon: The invisible impact on the Amazon’s ocean frontier
Science outreach / Journalism

The report will investigate the human and environmental impacts of oil exploration on local and traditional ecosystems in the Amazon region, on the border between Amapá, French Guiana, Suriname, and British Guiana.

It had the scientific collaboration of Marina Méga, Maria Napolitani and Iago Simões, students of The Training Program in Quantitative Ecology.

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Amount invested

Grant 2025: USD 1.800,00