Morgan Erickson-Davis

About

Morgan has been writing for Mongabay since 2008 and came on full-time in 2014. Trained in biology, Morgan has taken any available opportunity to learn more about the world, from working as a fisheries biologist aboard longliners and freighters in the South Pacific to evaluating river health in western Montana. Morgan spent eight years editing technical papers before jumping into journalism, with more than 50 manuscripts under her belt. Currently, she manages Mongabay's forests and global palm oil reporting programs.

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Almost 1M hectares ‘missing’ from land holdings of major palm oil companies

Communities conserving local forest in El Salvador vote to ban mining

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

New cave catfish threatened by deforestation, mining, pollution

In defining plantations as forest, FAO attracts criticism

Communities in Mexico step up to protect a disappearing forest

Current regulations unable to control trade in products from slave labor, expert says

Suppliers of Lowe’s in the US and Walmart in Brazil linked to slave labor in the Amazon

Slave labor in the Amazon: Risking lives to cut down the rainforest

Investigation reveals slave labor conditions in Brazil’s timber industry

New bill aims to cut protection of 1M hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Newly discovered Tanzanian frog already facing extinction

Saving fairy possums could imperil other Australian wildlife

Forest Stewardship Council cuts ties with Austrian timber giant

Protected areas found to be ‘significant’ sources of carbon emissions

Newly discovered gecko loses scales in ‘really bizarre’ behavior

Expedition sets out to explore isolated, mysterious forest in DRC

Scientists launch expedition to find missing monkeys

Honduran politicians, US aid implicated in killings of environmentalists

Police clash with protesters marching against power plant in Bangladesh

Scientists ‘impressed and delighted’ by animals found in remnant forests

‘Out of control’ wildfires damage protected areas in northern Peru

NASA releases images of dramatic deforestation in Cambodia

Thousands hold ‘Global Protest Day’ to support world’s largest mangrove forest

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

93% of world’s roadless areas are less than half the size of Cincinnati

Community rights: A key to conservation in Central America

FSC puts timber processor on probation after ‘scathing’ investigation

Chimps help farmers ‘plant’ cacao in Guinea

‘We need more knowledge and more control’: Palm oil expands in Ecuador

Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans

Morocco plants millions of trees along roads to fight climate change

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