Indonesia halts new logging permits
Read Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Robert Eshelman’s piece on Indonesia’s latest moratorium on issuing logging permits. Eshelman Eshelman Eshelman
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Marrying religion and conservation could make Fiji’s fisheries sustainable
Reeling in religious messages: how faith impacts fisheries in Fiji. Read the full feature by Fijian Fisheries Special Reporting Initiatives […]
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Capturing the Harvest
SRI Fellow Photographer Dominic Bracco II sits with a haul from aquaculture fish farmers at Liangzi Lake. See more of […]
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Reporting Opportunity: Government Crackdowns on Civil Environmental Groups
Journalists are invited to apply for our new reporting opportunity: Government Crackdowns on Civil Environmental Groups. The deadline for this […]
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Will merging competing ministries help to save Indonesia’s rainforests?
Newly elected Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on October 26th that the Ministry of Forests and the Ministry of […]
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Tchimpounga, chimpanzees, and extractive industries in the Republic of Congo
Flying under the radar in Central Africa, Chinese companies may be wreaking environmental havoc. Read the full piece by Special […]
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DEUTSCHE WELLE – Panama’s climate struggle
Germany’s international broadcast station, Deutsche Welle (meaning German Wave) has produced a segment by Special Reporting Initiative Fellows Ruxandra Guidi […]
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Education in Tradition: Between the Forest and the Seas – Part III
A young boy listens as a fellow student asks a question during Don Jesús’ weekly class about Kuna history, myth, […]
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YALE E360: Informed Optimism – Rhett Butler Has Hope for Forests
In a recent piece published on Yale’s Environment 360, Mongabay founder and president Rhett Butler shares his views on why […]
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31% of Indonesia’s land mass allocated for logging, oil palm, fiber plantations
Special Reporting Fellow Robert Eshelman reports on cleaning up commodity supply chains in Indonesia’s logging industry. Read the full article […]
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The Yarsuisuit Collective: Between the Forest & the Seas – Part II
A Kuna elder passes thatched-roof homes along the edge of Ustupu Island as he returns in his dugout canoe with […]
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Life & Climate Change in Guna Yala: Between the Forest & the Seas – Part I
As the sun rises, clouds and mist begin to clear over some of the tree-covered mountains in the mainland forest […]
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China attempting to keep the finless porpoise from extinction
SRI Fellows Dominic Bracco II and Erik Vance submit Saving the Survivor: a piece on the rapidly diminishing numbers of […]
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What do the climate and orangutans have in common?
They are both threatened by coal – the first by burning it, and the second by mining it. Read the […]
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Celebrating 15 years of Mongabay
On Friday, October 10, 2014, Mongabay held its first-ever fundraiser in Menlo Park, CA to celebrate its 15th birthday. The […]
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Reporter’s Journal: Smiles through glass
Special Reporting Initiatives Fellow Erik Vance gets a few smiles from a finless porpoise housed at Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, […]
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – Orangutans and Oil Palm Plantations
National Geographic recently published an article on the endangered orangutan and how advances in deforestation-free palm oil may help save […]
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Reporter’s Journal: Through the lens
SRI photographer Dominic Bracco II photographs the aquaculture scene at Liangzi Lake. A local fishfarmer attempts to capture his own […]
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Industry and Apes: A Testing Ground
The Zanaga iron ore mine could be described as a test of best laid plans for preserving wildlife. But are […]
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Balancing the Old World and the New
Special Reporting Initiatives Fellows Ruxandra Guidi and Bear Guerra reporting on the Balu Wala, or the Kuna ‘good life’: how […]
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