Ricardo J. Rodrigues is a Portuguese journalist based in Luxembourg.

He’s a grand reporter for Mediahuis and a contributing writer to publications in Brazil, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States. His work focus mostly on human rights and environment.

Prizes and nominations include the Gazeta Prize, Citi’s Journalistic Excellence Award, Unesco’s Human Rights & Integration Award, the European Commission Diversity Prize, Gabriel García Marquez Journalism Award and Amnesty International Medieprëis. He is a Committee of Concerned Journalists alumni and a Robert Bosch Fellow.

Ricardo Da Silva Rodrigues

Basic information

Name
Ricardo J. Rodrigues
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Environment
Country
Luxembourg
City
Luxembourg

Supported projects

Insect decline: micro-story of a global disaster

  • Environment

WORLD - Everyday, 30 species of insects disappear from the face of the planet. A quarter of European invertebrates are now on the verge of extinction and, in some areas, the reduction in insect biomass reached 75 per cent in just 27 years.

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Mentor for

Forests in Flames

  • Environment

SKOPJE / SOFIA – North Macedonia faces record forest loss for the second year in a row, outpacing other countries in the Western Balkans. According to the European Forest Fire Information System, between 2020 and 2024, wildfires have ravaged 134,314 hectares of forest and woodlands in North Macedonia, the largest loss in the region.

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Nature for Sale: Why Protection of Endemic Species Isn't Enforced

  • Environment
  • Trafficking

SKOPJE - The Macedonian grayling is a unique butterfly species which resides exclusively on the outskirts of a small Macedonian town, with no other known locations worldwide. The specimen of this rare and endangered butterfly can be purchased at low prices across Europe — how did this become possible?

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