The Embassy's original investigations document the forces, decisions, and actors shaping the Amazon's future — beyond what headlines reach.
About This Section
What an Investigation Is
A news report documents what happened. An investigation documents why, by whom, how it was enabled, and what it reveals about the broader system.
The Embassy publishes original investigations when a story requires going beyond the available reporting: cross-referencing documents, tracing supply chains, mapping political relationships, interviewing community sources, or reconstructing a sequence of events from primary evidence.
Investigations take longer to produce. They are held to a higher evidentiary standard. They are not published until they are ready.
Investigation Subjects
The Embassy pursues investigations in the following areas:
- Indigenous land rights: litigation, obstruction, and political interference
- Deforestation actors: who is clearing forest and under what permissions
- Supply chain accountability: products, companies, and their Amazonian footprint
- Conservation industry: funding flows, accountability gaps, and community relationships
- Resource extraction: permits, environmental violations, and documented impacts
- Political and diplomatic actors: who advocates for and against the Amazon
Archive
Published Investigations
Investigations are published here as they are completed. The first investigations are currently in production.
The investigation archive will populate as pieces are published.
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Contact
Submit a Tip or Document
If you have information relevant to an ongoing or potential investigation — documents, testimony, satellite data, legal filings, or firsthand accounts — reach us through the Embassy inquiry form.
Source confidentiality is absolute. We do not disclose sources without explicit written consent. We do not cooperate with requests to identify sources from any government, company, or third party.