Articles by Varney Kamara
My name is Varney Kamara, a Liberian journalist. I am a 2011 graduate of State run University of Liberia (UL) with a BA degree in Mass Communication. I have been an active mainstream journalist for 12 years, serving in different newsroom capacities including Proofreader, Desk Editor, News Editor, Senior Editor, and Staff Writer. I previously worked for the New Democrat and The Analyst newspapers as Staff Writer and Senior Editor, respectively. I am a former Fellow of the New Narratives, a media developer organization. I am the publisher of the Liberian Network Online news and media blog (https://liberiannetwork.wordpress.com/auhtor/liberiannetwork/) and senior reporter of “The DayLight” Online Environmental newspaper (www.thedaylight.org). I am a recipient of several local and international media certificates in investigative reporting covering the environment, human rights, land rights, politics, health, corruption, among others. I am a member of the Liberian investigative journalists’ network, a member of the Legislative Press Pool of Liberia (LEGISPOOL), and former Executive Mansion correspondent for The ANALYST and New Democrat newspapers. I come from Liberia’s northern Lofa County. I am married and have four kids.
Liberian villagers threaten to leave mining agreement, citing broken promises
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
- Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
- Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
- Global coral beaching now underway looks set to be largest on record
- In Java Sea, vigilantism and poverty rise as purse seine fishing continues
Amazon Conservation
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
- Cross-border Indigenous efforts in Peru & Brazil aim to protect isolated groups
- A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
- Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand
Land rights and extractives
- 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
- New FPIC guide designed to help protect Indigenous rights as mineral mining booms
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