Over the past 20 years, almost 50,000 people were freed from slave labor on farms and coal plants across Brazil. Reporter Brasil is recognized as the most important source of information on slave labor in Brazil, both within and outside the country. Its reports, research and educational methodology are used by government, businesses and civil society as instruments of daily work. With this project, we want to produce 100 reports and analysis on cases and complaints of slavery in 2015.
The social and environmental impacts caused by unsustainable development are central to the global agenda. At the same time, Brazil can occupy the rank of fifth largest economy in the next ten years. A significant portion of this leap should occur due to the production of raw materials and foods, which are increasing to meet the foreign demand. The problem is that being the "breadbasket of the world" has its downside: in the perspective of achieving the future, are adopted practices of the past.
Reporter Brazil is an organization that identifies and publicizes cases of violation of human rights of people and workers in rural areas and environmental crimes, examines the behavior of key actors in the development of the country and monitors the socioeconomic agenda. As a formal member of the National Commission for Eradication of Slave Labor and rapporteurs of the II National Plan Against Slavery, we will discuss solutions to problems raised in the field during the sessions.
The dream of members and supporters of Reporter Brasil is that human rights violations and cases of environmental degradation become a rarity in Brazil. Of course, there is a lot of work ahead. The first task is to make Reporter Brasil`s readers become more informed about the realities of production in rural areas and how supply chains are connected with major cities and abroad. The second is to support and push companies to adopt higher standards of respect for workers and natural resources.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
