Mike Gaworecki

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Mike Gaworecki is a journalist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has covered environmental science, forests, and climate issues for over a decade. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Pacific Standard, BillMoyers.com, Alternet, Treehugger, and more.

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How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jun 2024
A sound file revealing rich data on biodiversity. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

A bittersweet bioacoustics bonanza

Mike Gaworecki 27 Dec 2022
Oceanic white tip shark. Image courtesy of Mark Royer, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

How reporters uncovered a massive illegal shark finning operation

Mike Gaworecki 1 Dec 2022
The writhed hornbill, a Philippines endemic species. Image by Olaf Oliviero Riemer via Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Escape into nature’s soundscapes

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2022
Old growth forest in Washington State. Image by Udo S via Flickr.

How the Indigenous Shuar regained their ancestral forest

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2022
The biodiversity of Balkan rivers is now becoming more widely known, and also their beauty, such as Kravice Waterfall in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo by Goran Safarek in 2014 for Riverwatch/EuroNatur.

Science that saves free-flowing rivers & rich biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 19 Oct 2022

How marine conservation benefits from combining Indigenous knowledge and Western science

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2022

New whale calls and dolphin behaviors discovered with bioacoustics

Mike Gaworecki 15 Jun 2022
Green-lipped mussels. Image courtesy of Adrian Midgley via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today

Mike Gaworecki 2 Jun 2022

Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for the climate, biodiversity crisis and hunger

Mike Gaworecki 18 May 2022

Wonder on wings: The fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2022

Convention on Biological Diversity: progress, hope and hard work ahead

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2022

Afield at last, researchers head out for a new season

Mike Gaworecki 7 Apr 2022

Crucial to conservation, Indigenous communities’ environmental leadership endures

Mike Gaworecki 24 Mar 2022

Are ‘nature based solutions’ the best fix for climate change?

Mike Gaworecki 9 Mar 2022

Hippos, manatees, and how the sounds of African wildlife aid their conservation

Mike Gaworecki 23 Feb 2022

Kelp, condors and Indigenous conservation

Mike Gaworecki 9 Feb 2022

The 411 on forests and reforestation for 2022

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jan 2022

With the passing of two icons, who will lead the conservation movement?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2022

Global ecosystem restoration progress: How and who’s tracking it?

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2021

In search of wild spectacles and river journeys

Mike Gaworecki 21 Dec 2021

What do two giant land deals mean for the future of Southeast Asia’s forests?

Mike Gaworecki 9 Dec 2021

Bill McKibben and Trebbe Johnson on action and ‘radical joy’ after COP26 climate summit failure

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2021

Natural forest regeneration’s critical role in reforestation goals

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2021

Indigenous bioacoustics listens to the land for conservation and tradition

Mike Gaworecki 27 Oct 2021

Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2021

Who benefits from resource extraction in the DRC?

Mike Gaworecki 14 Oct 2021

Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2021
Yellowfin tuna image by Martin Gil Gallo. via the Creative Commons, CC-By-NC.

Are tuna doing as well as latest extinction risk assessments suggest? It’s complicated

Mike Gaworecki 15 Sep 2021

Examining ‘What Works In Conservation’

Mike Gaworecki 1 Sep 2021

What can seashells tell us about the health of the oceans?

Mike Gaworecki 10 Aug 2021

‘Stubborn optimism’ for elephants fuels Indigenous conservation effort

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jul 2021

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An African wildcat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. While little is known about the threats facing African wildcats in West Africa, across their range they are at risk from hybridization and disease transmission from domestic cats. Image by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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