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
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Fewer fish and more rules lead to illegal catches, Italian fishers say
- Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
Amazon Conservation
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
Land rights and extractives
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- 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
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- 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