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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Hunting, agriculture driving rapid decline of jaguars in South America’s Gran Chaco

Mike Gaworecki 5 Oct 2018
Cattle at one of the 70,000 suppliers used by JBS, one of Brazil's largest beef producers. Photo courtesy of JBS

Pasture expansion driving deforestation in Brazilian protected area

Mike Gaworecki 4 Oct 2018

How an African bat might help us prevent future Ebola outbreaks

Mike Gaworecki 2 Oct 2018

How the social sciences can help conservationists save species

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2018

Criminalization and violence increasingly used to silence indigenous protest, according to UN report

Mike Gaworecki 11 Sep 2018

The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system

Mike Gaworecki 5 Sep 2018

Q&A: Esther Mwangi on why voices of local community members will be featured at GLF Africa conference

Mike Gaworecki 28 Aug 2018

The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird

Mike Gaworecki 21 Aug 2018

Camera trap videos help protect biodiversity of Bigal River Biological Reserve in Ecuador

Mike Gaworecki 9 Aug 2018

Beavers matter more than you think

Mike Gaworecki 7 Aug 2018

Researchers are looking into the past to help ensure a future for tropical forests

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jul 2018

Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2018

How a better understanding of psychopathology in captive primates can aid in conservation efforts

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jul 2018

Extractive industries threaten a million square kilometers of intact tropical forests around the globe

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2018

How to use drones without stressing wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 10 Jul 2018

New research calculates full carbon cost of oil palm cultivation in Indonesia’s forests

Mike Gaworecki 5 Jul 2018

Payments for ecosystem services can boost social capital in addition to forest management: Study

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jul 2018

‘Saving the rainforest 2.0:’ New report makes recommendations for improving forest protection

Mike Gaworecki 2 Jul 2018

‘Urban Raptors’: Q&A with authors of book on ecology and conservation of city-dwelling birds of prey

Mike Gaworecki 29 Jun 2018

Nature retention, not just protection, crucial to maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems: Scientists

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jun 2018

The dialogue between science and indigenous knowledge

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jun 2018

Renowned wildlife conservationist Russell Mittermeier awarded 2018 Indianapolis Prize

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jun 2018

How soundscapes are helping us better understand animal behavior and landscape ecology

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jun 2018

Mexico’s ejidos are finding greater sustainability by involving youth and women

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2018

Norwegian government report sharply critical of funding for tropical forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2018

Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth

Mike Gaworecki 30 May 2018

Researchers propose framework for designing PES programs that better deliver socioeconomic benefits

Mike Gaworecki 24 May 2018

Roads might pose even bigger threat to Southeast Asian forests, biodiversity than previously understood

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2018

Lessons for developing countries in expansion of Madagascar’s protected area network

Mike Gaworecki 21 May 2018

Sylvia Earle on why we must act now to save the oceans

Mike Gaworecki 15 May 2018

Six new peeping frogs discovered in western Mexico

Mike Gaworecki 11 May 2018

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2018

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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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