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Reporting Opportunity: Government Crackdowns on Civil Environmental Groups
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Environmental Journalism and Education
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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Job Opportunity: Latin American Conservation Program Director
Nature and Culture International is seeking a Latin American Conservation Program Director to manage programs out of their San Diego […]
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ENSIA – A Model For Community-Managed Forests
Special Reporting Initiative Fellows Ruxandra Guidi and Bear Guerra report for environmental news magazine Ensia on the Guna Yala’s experience […]
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Why a tribe in Panama rejected pay for their forests
Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative Fellows Ruxandra Guidi and Bear Guerra report on Panama’s efforts to gain funding for standing forests […]
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