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Tag: africa

TAKE PART: Africa’s Silent Scourge Is Wiping Out Crops

October 7, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Farmers are going hungry because they lack ways of keeping food from rotting or being destroyed by pests after harvest.  […]

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Keeping up with the climate: efforts to reduce African crop losses face the extra hurdle of climate change

April 21, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Farmers in tropical areas have long struggled to maximize their crop yields, but the strikes against them just continue to […]

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Empowering women in order to save the harvest

April 16, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

On a hot weekend in February, Shamim Daudi sits down with farmer after farmer near Babati, Tanzania, to talk with […]

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The crop-saving champion of Tanzania: Bertha Mjawa

April 14, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

In the late 1980s, Bertha Mjawa remembers seeing endless quantities of fruits and vegetables getting thrown out across Tanzania because […]

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Unique center trains Tanzanian farmers to preserve their fruits and veggies

April 14, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS

Outside Halima Sama’s house, children run around the dirt compound, kicking up the dust that blankets the region during the […]

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New solutions aim to deliver more grain from farm to table in sub-Saharan Africa

April 13, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Corn is an integral part of many meals in Tanzania and its neighboring East African countries. Ground, it makes a […]

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Combating food waste in sub-Saharan Africa

April 9, 2015
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, RACHEL CERNANSKY, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

At the bustling Kilombero wholesale produce market in the town of Arusha, Tanzania, traders sort hundreds of pounds of mangos […]

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TAKE PART: Is the Human Cost of Saving Gorillas Too High?

November 26, 2014
IN THE MEDIA, MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING, WENDEE NICOLE

With funding from Mongabay’s Special Reporting Initiatives program, journalist Wendee Nicole reports on the impact of gorilla conservation on the […]

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Tchimpounga, chimpanzees, and extractive industries in the Republic of Congo

November 7, 2014
DANIEL STILES, MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Flying under the radar in Central Africa, Chinese companies may be wreaking environmental havoc. Read the full piece by Special […]

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Industry and Apes: A Testing Ground

October 6, 2014
DANIEL STILES, MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

The Zanaga iron ore mine could be described as a test of best laid plans for preserving wildlife.  But are […]

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Could the current Ebola strain have come from illegally-trafficked great apes?

August 5, 2014
DANIEL STILES, MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Special Reporting Assignment fellow Daniel Stiles presents an analysis on the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa and its possible […]

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2 new SRIs launched, 2 winners announced

August 1, 2014
MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI OPPORTUNITIES, SRI REPORTING, Uncategorized

Mongabay.org’s Special Reporting Initiative (SRI) program has recently awarded two different reporting prizes to journalists to tackle these vital and […]

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The naïve chimps of the Ndoki Forest

August 1, 2014
DANIEL STILES, MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Ndoki Forest, charmed or cursed? Conservationists admit sustainable logging wilting in naïve chimp habitat.  Special Reporting Assignment Fellow Daniel Stiles […]

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Two New SRI Reporting Opportunities Announced

July 21, 2014
MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI OPPORTUNITIES

Mongabay.org launched applications for two new Special Reporting Initiatives today.  These reporting grants range from $15,000 – $27,000 in support […]

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Oil or conservation in Congo’s oldest park?

July 7, 2014
DANIEL STILES, MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

Special Reporting Assignment Fellow Daniel Stiles files a second report on the SOCO’s suspension of oil exploration in Virunga National […]

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Virunga, SOCO and Great Apes – which will win out?

June 17, 2014
DANIEL STILES, MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

What does SOCO’s withdrawal really mean for the future of Virunga National Park? Read SRA Fellow Daniel Stiles analysis on […]

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Can Elinor Ostrom’s revolutionary ideas save the world’s forests?

May 30, 2014
MONGABAY.ORG, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI REPORTING, Uncategorized, WENDEE NICOLE

Can Elinor Ostrom’s revolutionary ideas halt climate change, improve people’s livelihoods, and save the world’s forests?  Read Special Reporting Initiative […]

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