
Articles by Jewel S. Cabrera
Jewel S. Cabrera is studying toward a bachelor of science in development communication at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Taking technical and social science electives from the College of Human Ecology made her appreciate our environment even more and made her want to do something to protect it. She’s still in the process of finding her place in the vast environmental field, but it is clear to her that she wants to do something meaningful for the environment using what she is capable and trained of doing — writing and communicating.
She believes writing and storytelling are powerful ways to communicate and are essential tools to facilitate change. Coming from a country named as the deadliest country for environmental defenders in Asia in 2020 and ranked as the seventh most dangerous country for journalists in 2021, she believes that doing something for the environment should not be a dangerous thing. It is urgent for everyone to stand up and take part in protecting and preserving our environment. It is crucial for communicators to continue writing stories and informing people — especially those who are vulnerable.
Aside from writing and storytelling, her interests include photography, macramé, and dogs. She also likes to listen to music as she daydreams about going to different places, doing various outdoor activities, meeting new people, and learning about their culture. She hopes to turn this dream into a reality someday.
For feedback and suggestions, you may reach her via email at [email protected]


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Special series
Forest Trackers
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- Deforestation ‘out of control’ in reserve in Brazil’s cattle capital
- In Brazil’s Amazon, land grabbers scramble to claim disputed Indigenous reserve
- Gold mining invades remote protected area in Ecuador

Oceans
- Critics allege EU’s ‘toxic collusion’ with fishing lobbies is damaging Indian Ocean tuna
- Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation
- Good fisheries management, if enforced, can help sharks and rays recover
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Amazon Conservation
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- Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities
- Illegal mines and “floating towns” on the Puré River leave uncontacted Indigenous peoples at risk
- Joenia Wapichana: ‘I want to see the Yanomami and Raposa Serra do Sol territories free of invasions’

Land rights and extractives
- Tense neighbors: Chinese quarry in Cameroon takes a toll on locals
- FOIA lawsuit suggests Indonesian nickel miners lack environmental licenses
- Shadows of oil in Peru: Shipibo people denounce damage, contamination left by company
- In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing rivers

Endangered Environmentalists
- ‘We lost the biggest ally’: Nelly Marubo on her friend Bruno Pereira’s legacy
- Murders of 2 Pataxó leaders prompt Ministry of Indigenous Peoples to launch crisis office
- Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
- Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders

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
- Biodiversity, human rights safeguards crucial to nature-based solutions: Critics
- Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities
- Mangrove forest loss is slowing toward a halt, new report shows
- ‘South Asia needs its own tiger plan’: Q&A with Nepal’s Maheshwar Dhakal

Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Tunnel collapse at dam project in orangutan habitat claims yet another life
- Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust
- Indonesia’s grand EV plans hinge on a ‘green’ industrial park that likely isn’t
- Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’
