Johan Augustin

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Johan Augustin is a Sydney-based freelance journalist. He specializes in environmental topics, travelling the globe in search of the next story to tell.

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14 stories

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

In Kathmandu, a struggle for water amid worsening floods

Johan Augustin 17 Jan 2022

China’s building spree in Nepal casts shadow over Himalayan ecosystem

Johan Augustin 31 Dec 2021

As its glaciers melt, Nepal is forced into an adaptation not of its choosing

Johan Augustin 27 Dec 2021

In Nepal, doubling down on tiger conservation looks to pay off

Johan Augustin 11 Nov 2021

Conservation actions see Iberian lynx claw back from brink of extinction

Johan Augustin 12 Mar 2021
A mother brown bear and her two cubs in the Gästrikland region of Sweden. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

As predators return to Sweden’s wild, ecotourism looks to change mindsets

Johan Augustin 2 Oct 2020

As reef bleaching intensifies, lab-grown corals could help beat the heat

Johan Augustin 23 Jul 2020

A watery onslaught from sea, sky and land in the world’s fastest-sinking city

Johan Augustin 27 Apr 2020

In race for a sustainable alternative to plastic, Indonesia bets on seaweed

Johan Augustin 25 Mar 2020
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In Bali, young people lead the fight as a plastic plague threatens paradise

Johan Augustin 19 Feb 2020

On the front line of climate change in India’s Sundarbans

Johan Augustin 17 Oct 2019

Elephant in the room: Botswana deals with pachyderm population pressure

Johan Augustin 12 Mar 2019

Trouble in Botswana’s elephant paradise as poaching said to rise

Johan Augustin 5 Mar 2019

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Mark Erdmann releasing a thresher shark. Photo courtesy of Mark Erdmann.
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Beach on Mioskon Island in Raja Ampat. Photo by Rhett Bulter/Mongabay.
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