Bram Ebus
Research coordinator of the journalistic alliance Amazon Underworld and consultant on conflict and environment at the International Crisis Group.
About this speaker
Bram Ebus is a criminologist and research journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. He specializes in resource conflicts, environmental crimes and security trends. As a journalist, his work was published in English, Dutch, and Spanish, with contributions featured in publications such as the Miami Herald, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Newsweek. Since 2017, Ebus has been actively covering mining conflicts in Venezuela for InfoAmazonia and has led three collaborative media investigations, resulting in multiple awards, including two Online Journalism Awards and a Gabo (Premio Gabriel García Márquez). This year, he completed a fellowship with the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) and currently spearheads a media alliance in the Amazon region called ‘Amazon Underworld’. Additionally, Ebus works as a consultant on conflict and environmental issues for the International Crisis Group.
