
Articles by Ashley Stumvoll
Ashley is a recent graduate of University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism. After finishing her Master of Research in Tropical Forest Ecology at Imperial College London, she realized that she preferred amplifying the reach of conservation through writing to conducting on-the-ground research. Ashley had fallen in love with the tropics as a young teen when she was given the chance to travel to the Peruvian Amazon, and has since been taking every opportunity to venture closer to the equator. Her time as an undergraduate at Emory University took her back to the same location in Peru and solidified her interest in tropical conservation. Her academic career took her around the globe to countries like Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Malaysia and Madagascar. As a fledgling journalist, Ashley now hopes to bring others to these places through her work and to help readers reach a greater understanding of the environmental issues facing our world. Ashley is equally passionate about conservation in her native ecosystem in the Piedmont region and has a special affinity for native salamanders and oak trees. At her home in North Carolina, she enjoys trying new scone recipes, reading most of one book and then starting another one, and getting distracted from work by the bird feeder outside her office window.


Creation of three new northern white rhinos embryos may indicate hope for other rhino species

Swarm technology: Researchers experiment with drones to battle crop pests

Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution

How climate change could throw Māori culture off-balance

Radio drama encourages Belizean fishers to follow the rules

Deforested habitats leave migratory birds ill-prepared for journey north

Fishery on the brink: The fight to save the Nassau grouper

Grasshoppers: They come, they eat, they … pollinate?
Special series
Forest Trackers
- New concession in Botum Sakor National Park handed to Cambodia’s Royal Group
- Elephants invade as habitat loss soars in Nigerian forest reserve
- In Brazil’s Amazon, a ‘new agricultural frontier’ threatens protected lands
- Cambodia awards swath of national park forest to tycoon Ly Yong Phat’s son

Oceans
- ‘Totally unsustainable’ sand mining harms marine environments, new data suggest
- A Philippines NGO project aimed to protect villages from typhoons: What went wrong?
- Sensing tech used in oil pipelines can also track Arctic sea ice, study shows
- Study finds old pear trees make for surprisingly rich reef habitats

Amazon Conservation
- EU bill and new green policies spur progress on Brazil’s cattle tracking
- Meatpacking giant and Amazon deforester JBS bid for NYSE listing challenged
- In Roraima, Indigenous communities forge sustainable solutions amid threats
- ‘We don’t have much time’: Q&A with climate scientist Pierre Friedlingstein

Land rights and extractives
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- South Africa community members decry traditional leaders’ power amid mine plans
- Can upcoming referendum in Ecuador stop oil drilling in Yasuní National Park?
- Elders call for Indigenous cultural preservation in new Indonesia capital

Endangered Environmentalists
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
- Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
- Climate of fear persists among Nepal’s eco defenders as threats rise

Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
- A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’

Conservation Effectiveness
- Group certification helps Malaysia’s Sabah aim for palm oil sustainability
- A Philippines NGO project aimed to protect villages from typhoons: What went wrong?
- From debt to diversity: A journey of rewilding, carbon capture and hope
- Progress is slow on Africa’s Great Green Wall, but some bright spots bloom

Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
- Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams
