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About the project

“MERCURY”, is a production of InfoAmazonia, a network of journalists who investigate the main environmental issues in the nine countries of the Amazon. The investigation was conducted in four countries for over one year. The work was done in partnership with journalists from Armando.Info in Venezuela and Fantástico (TV Globo) in Brazil. Along with this special investigation, we will launch a documentary directed by Tom Laffay.

The entire production is supported by the Rainforest Journalism Fund of the Pulitzer Center and "IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) National Committee of the Netherlands (IUCN NL).

Parts of our investigation are published by Knack (Belgium), Stabroek News (Guyana), De Ware Tijd and UnitedNews.sr (Suriname), in addition to stories by our partners in Brazil and Venezuela.

Project team

Lead Investigator

  • Bram Ebus

Reporters

  • Fabiano Villela (Fantástico-TV Globo)
  • G. I. Sutherland (Stabroek News)
  • Fábio Diniz (Fantástico-TV Globo)
  • Marcelo Marques (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Marcos David Valverde (Armando Info)
  • Sam Cowie (InfoAmazonia)
  • Sônia Bridi (Fantástico TV Globo)
  • Wilfred Leeuwin (De Ware Tijd)
  • Tom Laffay (InfoAmazonia)

Project coordinator

  • Gustavo Faleiros (InfoAmazonia)

Editor in chief

  • Kate Wheeling (InfoAmazonia)

Editors

  • Cristine Kist (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Ewald Scharfenberg (Armando Info)
  • Fillipi Nahar (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Gustavo Faleiros (InfoAmazonia)
  • Patricia Marcano (Armando Info)

Producers

  • James Alberti (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Mônica Reolom (Fantástico - TV Globo)

Videos

  • Erik Von Poser (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Luiz Felipe Saleh (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Rafael Norton (Fantástico - TV Globo)
  • Tom Laffay (InfoAmazonia)

Website development

Translations

  • Angelica Baldelomar (English)
  • Jerusa Rodrigues (Portuguese)
  • Melanie Morazzani de Casanova (Spanish)

Social media

  • Laura Clisánchez

Documentary team

Direction and cinematography

  • Tom Laffay

Lead investigator

  • Bram Ebus

Producer

  • Gustavo Faleiros

Editor

  • J.C. Van´t Kruis

Investigators

  • Tom Laffay
  • Gaulbert Sutherland
  • Wilfred Leeuwin

Narrator

  • Abel Harris

Motion Design

  • Sérgio Castro

Sound Design

  • J.C. Van´t Kruis

Creative Consultant

  • Emily Wright

Second Editor

  • Tom Laffay

In partnership with

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Supported by

The Rainforest Journalism Fund @
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