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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Filling the vacuum: How civil society is battling COVID-19 in Cameroon (commentary)

Under cover of COVID-19, loggers plunder Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

Brazilian Amazon protected areas ‘in flames’ as land-grabbers invade

Fires in the Pantanal: ‘We are facing a scenario now that is catastrophic’

Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price

No choice: Why communities in Paraguay are cutting down forests to survive

Marijuana farms expand in Paraguay reserve despite gov’t crackdowns

Protected areas in Paraguay hit hard by illegal marijuana farming

‘On the edge’: Endangered forest cleared for marijuana in Paraguay

‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone

‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant

How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire

‘Betting on impunity’: Brazilian Amazon under attack despite logging crackdown

Indonesia struggles to restore peatlands as fires strangle national parks

New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019

Marijuana cultivation whittling away Madagascar’s largest connected forest

Illegal logging ‘mafia’ stripping hornbill habitat in Northeast India

Tech made to find galaxies sets its sights on wildfires

‘They never intended to conserve it’: Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve

Takeover of Nigerian reserve highlights uphill battle to save forests

Healing the world through ‘radical listening’: Q&A with Dr. Kinari Webb

As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, NGOs urge the same for biomass energy

Colombian indigenous groups rush to protect elders, leaders from COVID-19

A tale of two Nigerian reserves underscores importance of community

Palm oil gains ground in Chiapas, Mexico

Conservationists urge reforms in Bolivia after environmental, political crises

National parks pay the price as land conflicts intensify in Colombia

Conservationists cautiously optimistic after Bolivian government changes hands

Fallout: Threatened species in Australia continue to struggle after fires

‘Out of control’: Unprecedented fires ravage Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

Bolivia and Paraguay unite to protect critically endangered guanacos

Massacre in Nicaragua: Four indigenous community members killed for their land

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