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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New oil refinery ‘a huge disaster’ for Nigerian forest reserve

The Western Indian Ocean lost 4% of its mangroves in 24 years, report finds

Poverty-fueled deforestation threatens Kenya’s largest water catchment

Niger Delta mangroves in ‘grave danger’ from oil spills, poverty, invasive species

In Brazil’s Pantanal, early flames signal a ‘new normal’

Deforestation intensifies in northern Malaysia’s most important water catchment

Rains quell fire risk around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, but the future looks fiery

Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park

Mennonite colony builds bridge, clears forest in Bolivian protected areas

Miners, drug traffickers and loggers: Is Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park on the verge of collapse?

Opaque infrastructure project ‘a death sentence’ for Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation

Colombian Indigenous community waits in poverty as courts weigh ownership of ancestral land

Deforestation on the rise as poverty soars in Nigeria

Indigenous communities in Ecuador struggle with the aftermath of another oil spill

Tropical deforestation emitting far more carbon than previously thought: Study

As rising seas destroy Ghana’s coastal communities, researchers warn against a seawall-only solution

Colombian palm oil company under investigation for polluting rivers

Refuge of endangered ‘African unicorn’ threatened by mining, poaching, deforestation

Can ecotourism save Cambodia’s ‘ghost parks’?

Endangered wildlife face perilous future as vital habitat loses protection in Cambodia

How a ‘dirty gambling company’ may have set the standard for habitat destruction in Cambodia

Fires threaten vital peatland in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego

Polluting with impunity: Palm oil companies flout regulations in Ecuador

Community in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm oil pollution

Endangered chimps ‘on the brink’ as Nigerian reserve is razed for agriculture, timber

Agricultural frontier advances in Nicaraguan biosphere reserve

‘Rampant forest destruction’ wracks reserve as cattle ranching advances in Brazilian Amazon

‘Unprecedented’ fires in Madagascar national park threaten livelihoods and lemurs

Slashed forest protections ignites land grabbing frenzy in Brazilian Amazon

Illegal roads pierce Indigenous reserve, national parks in Colombian Amazon

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