[et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#043927″ inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Título” title=”WOOD AND SLAVERY” subhead=”While workers risk their lives cutting down trees, major brazilian and international brands buy timber extracted by men living in conditions analogous to slave labor. Repórter Brasil investigates the crimes of the illegal logging industry in Brazil and in the world” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” module_class=”titulo” /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#043927″ inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Video” src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdq8OfBYeDg” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#043927″ inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Rescue Uruará” title=”Lives in danger” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/trabalhador.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” url=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/2017/03/slave-labor-in-the-amazon-risking-lives-to-cut-down-the-rainforest/”]

Workers rescued from slave labor unveil the dangers of the illegal logging trade: fatal accidents, animal attacks and threats from employers

[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Brands” title=”Major brands linked to slave labor” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/brooklyn.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” url=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/2017/03/suppliers-of-lowes-in-the-us-and-walmart-in-brazil-linked-to-slave-labor-in-the-amazon/”]

Timber linked to slave labor in Brazil may have reached renovation projects for New York’s Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park

[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Animation” title=”The 21st century settlers” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/floresta.png” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” url=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/2017/03/investigation-reveals-slave-labor-conditions-in-brazils-timber-industry/”]

Video tells the story of the migrants attracted to the Amazon with false promises. Today, they risk their lives by harvesting wood

[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Kevin Bales” title=”There is no regulation” url_new_window=”on” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kevin.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” url=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/2017/03/current-regulations-unable-to-control-trade-in-products-from-slave-labor-expert-says/”]

Kevin Bales talks about how slave labor and environmental destruction walk hand in hand. And reports the lack of control over the origin of products

[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#043927″ inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_slider admin_label=”Fullwidth Slider” show_arrows=”on” show_pagination=”on” auto=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” module_class=”slider”][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_madeira_03.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Truck carrying the logs cut illegally, state of Pará. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/caminhao-ilegal-inspecao-fiscais-LUNAE-PARRACHO.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Brazilian Federal Highway Police inspects illegal load of wood. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/queimada-TI-cachoeira-seca.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Ilicit forest fires rage trough indigenous territory of Cachoeira Seca, state of Pará. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/diminuir2_ok.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Logging worker in Macapuxi, west of the state of Pará. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/4.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Place where food was prepared by the workers. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_madeira_10.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]One of the sawmills plants that dealed with the illegally extracted wood. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TI_cachoeira_seca_10.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Logging activity destroys the forest on indigenous territory of Cachoeira Seca. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/diminuir1_ok.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Precarious housing provided for the workers. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/5.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Worker talks with inspectors from the Public Department of Labor. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Meat left to dry in the Sun, logging camp in the state of Pará. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]Workers are expose to all the dangers of the jungle. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_image=”http://reporterbrasil.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2.jpg” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark”]There is no security for those who work on the logging sector in the region. (Photo: Lunaé Parracho)[/et_pb_slide][/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#043927″ inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#043927″ inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]