Mike DiGirolamo

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Mike DiGirolamo is the host and producer of The Mongabay Newscast. He is based in Sydney, Australia. Find him on LinkedIn, and BlueSky.

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A just energy transition requires better governance & equity in the DRC

Mike DiGirolamo 19 Jul 2023

Biological field stations: Indispensable but ‘invisible’

Mike DiGirolamo 11 Jul 2023
A gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Big potential and immense challenges for great ape conservation in the Congo Basin, experts say

Mike DiGirolamo 28 Jun 2023
Amanita muscaria is a mushroom that is both hallucinogenic and poisonous. Image posted by creator 942784 to the Creative Commons via Pixabay.

‘A psychedelic renaissance’: How hallucinogens can aid conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Jun 2023

Climate change is no joke for Australians, says award-winning comedian Dan Ilic

Mike DiGirolamo 23 May 2023

Congo Basin communities left out by ‘fortress conservation’ fight for a way back in

Mike DiGirolamo 16 May 2023
A girl carries sustainably foraged fruits back to her village. Image courtesy of John Novis / Greenpeace.

Mongabay Explores the Congo Basin: The ‘heart of the world’ is at a turning point

Mike DiGirolamo 25 Apr 2023
Oil production vessel Liza Destiny 200 km offshore of Guyana in the Stabroek block. Image via www.oilnow.gy.

Guyana gets ‘Drilled’: Weighing South America’s latest oil boom with Amy Westervelt

Mike DiGirolamo 18 Apr 2023
Conservation technology and wildlife manager, Eleanor Flatt, installs a GSM camera trap in the forests protected and managed by Osa Conservation.  Image by Marco Molina.

As conservation technology grows, so does Mongabay’s coverage

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Apr 2023

Can we fix our failing food systems? Agroecology has answers

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Mar 2023

What Indigenous knowledge can teach the world about saving biodiversity

Mike DiGirolamo 7 Mar 2023

Goodbye to blue skies? The trouble with engineered solutions

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Feb 2023

Moths vs. mines in Ecuador’s astounding biodiversity hotspot

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Feb 2023

Botanists are disappearing at a critical time

Mike DiGirolamo 24 Jan 2023

At COP 15, biodiversity finance, Indigenous rights, and corporate influence

Mike DiGirolamo 11 Jan 2023

Mongabay’s ‘must listen’ podcast list for 2022

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Dec 2022

Wildlife crossings built with tribal knowledge drastically reduce collisions

Alexandra Christy, Mike DiGirolamo 18 Nov 2022

‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts

Mike DiGirolamo 5 Oct 2022
Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Could Brazil’s election decide the fate of the Amazon?

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Sep 2022

Is having fewer kids the answer to the climate question? | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Sep 2022
Sumatran elephants play in water.

With less than 10 years to save Sumatran elephants, what’s being done?

Mike DiGirolamo 6 Sep 2022

Top wildlife photography requires ethics, patience, and kindness

Mike DiGirolamo 23 Aug 2022
Three forms of cryptocurrency. Image via Pixabay.

Blockchain for conservation? Maybe, but leave the crypto out

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Aug 2022

Mexico’s Maya Train chugs forward, but at what cost to habitats and communities?

Mike DiGirolamo 26 Jul 2022

Where do the guitarfish go? Scientists and fishers team up to find out

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Jul 2022

‘Water always wins,’ so why are we fighting it?

Mike DiGirolamo 12 Jul 2022

Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Jun 2022

She’s here! Rare Sumatran rhino calf born at rhino sanctuary

Mike DiGirolamo 11 May 2022

Community empowerment and forest conservation grow from the galip nut in Papua New Guinea

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Apr 2022

Who owns the companies destroying rainforests in the heart of New Guinea?

Mike DiGirolamo 13 Apr 2022

Tree kangaroos may be key to New Guinea forest conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 16 Mar 2022

Can we save coral reefs? | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Mar 2022

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Black-flanked Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) in Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, Australia. The Australian Government has classed this wallaby as endangered under the EPBC Act. Image by Dsyzdek (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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