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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Cattle driving big forest loss in Peru’s ‘under-appreciated’ Amazon

Huge cacao plantation in Peru illegally developed on forest-zoned land

DRC declares first new national park in 40 years

Bolivian expedition discovers 1,000th bird species

Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru

Policy makers meet to discuss forest conservation and ‘the future of humanity’

From endangered species to commodities: report reveals scale of wildlife crime

Is that palm oil mill “sustainable”? A new tool can tell

Ignoring scientists, Poland begins logging famous primeval forest  

More remains seized, deeper issues revealed at Thailand ‘Tiger Temple’

Cambodia declares new national park, plans to reintroduce tigers

New Cambodian protected forest offers hope for endangered wildlife

Peruvian gov’t affirms illegal plantation activity in Amazon rainforest

Dams flood 36,000 hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Gold mining shifts course of Peruvian river, ‘will destroy’ ecosystems

United Cacao responds to bid to remove company from London Stock Exchange

No logging ban for Myanmar despite reported announcement

Unprecedented deforestation in old Herakles plantation, now under new management

RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop development

Mexican conservation success threatened by wave of mining concessions

Palm oil in Cameroon – ‘a blessing or a curse’ to small-scale farmers?

Bolivian expedition finds seven new species (PHOTOS)

Recent plantation expansions on peatlands came with huge carbon costs

REDD+ project struggles to find feet as Cambodian national park burns

Gold mining ramps up, pushes deeper into Peruvian reserve

‘Five years, that’s all we’ve got’: a prognosis of the Paris Agreement (Commentary)

Rekindling Australia’s Aboriginal past to fight climate change (Commentary)

Enough habitat left to double wild tiger numbers by 2022, study finds

Lessons from Herakles: sorting out a road map for palm oil in Africa

China’s forests are growing back – but at a cost

A bleak future for the U.S. ‘wood basket’? Southern forests under threat

The hidden toll of war: world’s largest ape plummets 77% in 20 years

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