Matt Finer
@MattFiner
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Amazon researcher and explorer since 2003. Currently focused on advancing the field of real-time monitoring. Senior Research Specialist at Amazon Conservation.
Atlanta GA & Washington DC
Joined July 2014
Deforestación y Incendios en la Amazonía 2024. Gran noticia fue impacto sin precedentes de incendios en bosques primarios (2.8 millones hectáreas). Récords anuales para Amazonia, Brasil, Bolivia, Peru. @amazonacca.@FcdsOrg.@actualidadspda.@AceaaAmazonica.
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Amazon Deforestation & Fire Hotspots 2024. Big story: record-breaking impact of Fires (2.8 million ha). Records in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana. Plus, Deforestation 5th highest (1.7 million ha). @globalforests.@amazonwatch.@ACA_DC.@theamazonwewant.
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Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon. Un reporte hecho con una combinación de imágenes satelitales de muy alta resolución y sobrevuelos, detectó dragas y nuevos puntos de minería ilegal. @FcdsOrg .@ACA_DC .@AmazonTeamOrg .@MongabayLatam.
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Illegal gold mining expanding & escalating in northern Ecuadorian Amazon. Más de 750 hectáreas han sido devastadas por la minería ilegal cerca la Reserva Ecológica Cofán Bermejo, en la frontera Ecuador-Colombia. @ACA_DC .@F_EcoCiencia .@MongabayLatam .
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Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon, on border with Brazil & Peru. Features satellite images & overflight photos of over 60 illegal mining barges. Update: recent Gov operation in Pure River. Our report with @FcdsOrg.@ACA_DC.@AmazonTeamOrg.
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Illegal gold mining escalating in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon. Loss of over 750 hectares (1,850 acres) since emergence in 2020. Impacting protected areas & Indigenous territories. Most of this gold mining is Illegal. @ACA_DC.@amazonwatch.@AFrontlines.
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Major raid on illegal gold mining in rivers on remote border between Colombia & Brazil. In unprecedented binational operation, Colombian & Brazilian military forces destroyed over 70 barges in Puré River. @ACA_DC .@AmazonTeamOrg .@FcdsOrg .
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Indigenous lands & protected areas barely offsetting emissions from damage in rest of the Amazon. Conservation efforts anchored in stewardship, rather than threat avoidance, may be most strategic for climate resilience . @MongabayOrg .@ACA_DC.@planet.
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Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon, on border with Brazil & Peru. Our report in Spanish with @FcdsOrg. Features satellite images & overflight photos of over 60 illegal mining barges. @FCDS_Peru.@amazonacca.@AmazonTeamOrg.@ACA_DC
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Punino massacre: Murder of 11 soldiers reveals expansion & impact of illegal mining in Ecuadorian Amazon. Masacre en Punino: Asesinato de 11 militares revela expansión e impacto de minería ilegal en la Amazonía ecuatoriana. @MongabayLatam .@F_EcoCiencia.
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Illegal gold mining escalating in Ecuadorian Amazon. Here is report (Spanish version) focusing on critical situation in northern Ecuador, impacting protected areas and Indigenous territories. Minería en Amazonía Ecuatoriana – Sector Norte. @F_EcoCiencia.
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Monitoreo de mineria en la Amazonia - Amazon Mining Watch. El objetivo es tener datos consistentes en una vasta área como la Amazonía, incluso en áreas protegidas y territorios Indígenas. @MongabayLatam.@yvettesierra.@amazonacca .@F_EcoCiencia.
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New report reinforces critical role of Amazon protected areas & Indigenous territories in climate fight. “Amazon Protected areas & Indigenous territories represent an offset of the increasing emissions outside”. @AbhishyantPK,@ACA_DC,@planet,@amazonwatch .
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Amazon Mining Watch - data & reporting. "If you're a journalist reporting on environmental issues, Indigenous rights, supply chains, or economic drivers of deforestation, AMW offers many insights and story angles". @gufalei,@pulitzercenter,@EarthGenome.
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Gold Mining in the Amazon 2024 - Spanish version. Presentamos nuevos datos de Amazon Mining Watch. IA para detectar deforestación minera en Amazonía 2024. Ver los hallazgos principales!. @actualidadspda.@amazonacca.@FcdsOrg.@F_EcoCiencia.@AceaaAmazonica.
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AI to detect Amazon gold mining deforestation. First look at 2024 Amazon Mining Watch data. Gold mining causing deforestation in all 9 countries of Amazon. 1) Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Peru. Over 1/3 in protected areas & Indigenous territories.
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La deforestación y las vías ilegales avanzan sin tregua en el Chiribiquete, el área natural más grande de Colombia. "ya que en Colombia ya tenemos casos muy graves de deforestación en parques nacionales”. @FcdsOrg .@RodrigoboteroG .@MongabayLatam.@ACA_DC.
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Carbon in the Amazon (Spanish). Continuamos nuestra serie sobre carbono en la Amazonía (parte 4). Mostramos que áreas protegidas y territorios Indígenas son sumideros de carbono cruciales. Especialmente en Colombia. @amazonacca.@FcdsOrg.@AmazonTeamOrg
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We continue series about carbon in the Amazon (part 4). Here we show protected areas & Indigenous territories are critical carbon sinks. Especially in Colombia, Brazil. Important policy implications!. @ACA_DC.Data: @planet.@theamazonwewant .@amazonwatch.
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Here is Spanish version of our new report about illegal deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Deforestación Ilegal en la Amazonía Colombiana - Parque Nacional Chiribiquete.y Reserva Indígena Yarí - Yaguará. @FcdsOrg.@RodrigoboteroG.@AmazonTeamOrg.@ACA_DC.
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