Mongabay series: Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship
With the effects of environmental degradation becoming more apparent, high-quality environmental journalism is more important than ever. But like the journalism sector as a whole, environmental reporting has been affected by shifting business models that have reduced the availability of resources for reporting, shrinking press freedoms in many countries and a lack of early-stage career opportunities. These issues are especially acute in places that bear the brunt of climate change, biodiversity loss, the destruction of nature and threats against Indigenous peoples and local communities. In response to this situation, Mongabay has established the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program. The program will provide opportunities for journalists from biodiversity hotspots in tropical countries to report on critical environmental issues, gaining valuable training, experience, and credibility that will help them advance their careers in journalism and communications. For more information on the fellowship, please see this page.
African health experts warn of climate change & rising vector-borne diseases
Experts highlight importance of ‘prebunking’ to combat climate disinformation
Uttarakhand limits agricultural land sales amid protests & tourism development
Tapirs in Brazil’s Cerrado inspire research on human health & pesticides
Delhi gets the attention — but Kolkata’s air pollution is just as dangerous
Study on Brazilian heat wave deaths shows gender & racial disparities
Climate change, extreme weather & conflict exacerbate global food crisis
Postponement of century-old Indian Science Congress sparks controversy
Risky development in Uttarakhand: Interview with environmentalist Ravi Chopra
‘Hope is the last to die’: Q&A with Indigenous leader Jose Parava on land rights
India’s new forest rules spark dismay — and hope: Q&A with activist Soumitra Ghosh
In 2023, Mongabay’s reporting fellows covered Earth amid crisis — and hope
Study on evolution of same-sex animal behaviors underscores stigmas in research
Ancient Amazon earthwork findings spotlight Indigenous land struggles today
New algorithm looks at how Amazon vegetation will behave after climate change
African leaders & activists will bring new demands, hopes to COP28
Ancient ocean water found in Himalayas could offer insights about evolution
Stop playing politics with climate change: Q&A with Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey
Kenya’s Lake Victoria floods leave orphaned children to run their households
Suriname’s tapirs: Conservation in the face of hunting and other threats
Translocation is a viable option for Brazil’s threatened porcupines: Study
Protecting Nigeria’s gorillas & other endangered species: Q&A with WCS’ Andrew Dunn
Philippines’ largest freshwater wetland and Indigenous livelihoods face multiple threats
Forests & Finance: Cameroon raw log ban expands and Nigerian villagers act against ‘forest bandits’
The ‘Sloth Lady of Suriname’: Q&A with Monique Pool
Wild pigs threaten biodiversity hotspots across South America, study shows
Kenyan baobab trees uprooted for export to Georgia; critics call it ‘biopiracy’
Soil carbon in urban parks important in fighting climate change, study shows
Deforestation linked to less rainfall, study shows; El Niño could make it worse
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
- Undercover in a shark fin trafficking ring: Interview with wildlife crime fighter Andrea Crosta
- Twilight zone fishing: Can we fish the ocean’s mesopelagic layer?
- As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs
- ‘Our life support system is at risk’: Interview with ‘Her Deepness’ Sylvia Earle
Amazon Conservation
- Bird populations are mysteriously declining at an Amazon park in Ecuador & beyond
- New ban threatens traditional fishers in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
Land rights and extractives
- Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
Endangered Environmentalists
- Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat’s outlook remains grim
- 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
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- 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
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