Leandro Amaya Camacho
Journalism
A journalist and columnist, the Peruvian runs the Revista Nube Roja magazine. He was also editor for the Amazon region at Convoca.pe, where he investigated issues related to the Amazon, indigenous rights, illegal economies (traceability, organization, and financing), power structures, oceans, and the environment. In 2020, he received the Young Journalist Award, a global journalism prize awarded by the Thomson Foundation and the Foreign Press Association London (FPA).
Projects
Impacts of the illegal economy and state failure on biodiversity loss in the Peruvian Amazon
Science outreach / Journalism
The research focus on three nature reserves in the Peruvian Amazon, analyzing the impacts of the illegal economy and state failure on local biodiversity loss.
Amount invested
Grant 2025: USD 1.800,00
