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SUMMARY:Critical Response Event: Mining and Instability in the Amazon
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DESCRIPTION:Two of the most transformational issues of our time – the tr
 ansition to clean energy and the AI revolution – are coming at a steep p
 rice for the world’s largest tropical rainforest. A mining boom in Brazi
 l is displacing indigenous populations\, endangering protected lands and u
 ndermining government control in the Amazon Basin. Some of the new mines a
 re extracting rare earth minerals used in data centers\, wind turbines and
  high-tech weapons systems. But at the same time there’s been a global s
 urge in demand for traditional metals such iron\, copper\, nickel and tin.
  The price of tin\, for instance\, has tripled over the past 4 years.Isabe
 l Harari\, an investigative journalist based in São Paulo has been docume
 nting the scramble for minerals in Brazil. In 2025 she was a fellow with t
 he Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network reporting on crit
 ical mineral extraction in the Amazon. Her work focuses on human rights ab
 uses and environmental crimes in supply chains. She’s shown how the effe
 cts of mining go far beyond environmental degradation. Industrial bauxite 
 pits and illegal gold mines are disrupting efforts for agrarian reform. Ne
 w mining roads are penetrating deep into what were supposed to be national
  parks. Corruption is forcing small scale farmers off their land. And as H
 arari notes in her carefully documented reporting\, the vast majority of t
 he minerals dug up in Brazil are exported to wealthier nations abroad.Join
  us for a conversation about the new global mining boom and its ramificati
 ons in some of the most fragile parts of Brazil. The Q&A will be moderated
  by Jason Beaubien\, Cohen Institute Specialist and Peabody Award winning 
 journalist.The webinar is free and open to everyone\, but advanced registr
 ation is required.REGISTER HERE ---Speaker Biography: Isabel Harari is an
  investigative journalist based in São Paulo\, Brazil\, specializing in h
 uman rights abuses and environmental crimes in supply chains. She is curre
 ntly a reporter at Repórter Brasil and was a 2025 fellow of the Pulitzer 
 Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network\, investigating the impacts o
 f critical minerals in the Amazon. Harari’s work has been published in n
 umerous outlets including UOL\, Mongabay\, Sumaúma\, InfoAmazonia\, Le Mo
 nde Diplomatique Brasil\, and Agência Pública.This event is hosted by th
 e Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State Colleg
 e as part of our ongoing series of Critical Response Events. These events 
 are meant to spotlight ongoing or emerging crises across the globe. Speake
 rs in this series represent a wide range of scholarly research and views\;
  our guests' perspectives should not be taken as representative of the Coh
 en Institute or Keene State College as a whole.
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/23652/
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