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The Labour Named Deforestation

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
DATA VISUALISATION
2019

International discourse and media coverage on the sustainability of the Brazilian Amazon often overlook the role of forced labour and enslaved workers, whose exploitation drives much of the region’s deforestation.

This interactive archive highlights how forced labour underpins key industries contributing to Amazon deforestation, drawing on both local and international news media.

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written and designed by

Cyan Bae

primary data

Comissão Pastoral da Terra [Pastoral Land Commission]
Secretaria de Inspeção do Trabalho [The Secretariat of Labour Inspection]

in collaboration with

Greenpeace Netherlands

developed by

Lizzie Malcolm and Dan Powers

exhibitions

2019

Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam (NL) | Group Exhibition Alle Ogen op de Amazone [All Eyes on the Amazon]

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL) | Group Exhibition Views From Above

PHOTOGRAPHY

exhibition view at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (2019)
Sofia de Benedictes
Roel Backaert