Articles by Ingrid Gercama

Ingrid Gercama is a freelance journalist covering environmental, (wildlife) trade and health stories, mainly from Africa and Eastern Europe.

Europe considers large-scale seaweed farming; environmental effects unknown

by Ingrid Gercama, Nathalie Bertrams, Tristen Taylor 21 October 2022

BANTRY BAY, Ireland – Claire O'Sullivan runs her small family firm, Wild Atlantic Seaweed Ireland, out of her house a short walk from Bantry Bay on the country’s southwestern coast.…

Elephant, Lopé National Park, Gabon. Image by Nathalie Bertrams for Mongabay.

With a drastic decline in tropical fruit, Gabon’s rainforest mega-gardeners go hungry

by Ingrid Gercama, Nathalie Bertrams 29 October 2020

The rainforest of Lopé National Park in central Gabon is one of the last safe havens for the endangered forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis). But in a new study in Science,…