Revealed: a mining firm to drill in endangered chimpanzees’ habitat | Mongabay Impacts
In July 2021, Mongabay published an investigation into an Australian mining firm’s plan to drill within the boundaries of Haut […]
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Shining light on a palm oil giant in Indonesia | Mongabay Impacts
Mongabay has long reported on the status of Indonesia’s rainforests. Large-scale palm oil plantations continue to be one of the […]
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How Mongabay exposed corruption at Rapa Nui | Mongabay Impacts
In Chile, Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island), includes two protected areas. First, the World Heritage status Rapa Nui […]
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How independent journalism helped stop a uranium mining project in a tiger reserve in India | Mongabay Impacts
In May 2019, an expert panel on forests of India’s environment ministry approved the survey and exploration of uranium in […]
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Mongabay in the news, second quarter of 2021
Mongabay’s reporting was cited in the second quarter of 2021 by outlets ranging from The Washington Post to South China Morning Post, Science, […]
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Five successes for Mongabay in 2020
Between the pandemic, widespread environmental policy setbacks, devastating fires and storms, civil strife, and rising authoritarianism, 2020 was a challenging […]
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Mongabay team wins top environmental journalism prizes
A Mongabay writer and a Mongabay editor each recently took the top two awards in the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting category […]
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Mongabay and The Gecko Project win award for Indonesia coverage
Mongabay and its “Indonesia for Sale” series partner The Gecko Project were honored with a Fetisov Journalism Award last month for an […]
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Mongabay feature published in ‘best science and nature writing’ anthology
Mongabay is pleased to announce that senior correspondent Jeremy Hance’s feature, The great rhino U-turn, has been published in ‘The […]
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110,000+ signatures: Petition inspired by Mongabay story on a pristine but threatened PNG island keeps growing
A petition inspired by a Mongabay story has topped its goal of 110,000 signatures, and keeps growing. “Logging, mining companies […]
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Indonesia for Sale series honored with Society of Environmental Journalists award
The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) has given the second feature in the Indonesia for Sale series, “Ghosts in the […]
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Mongabay Latam and El Deber win prestigious El Rey Award
Mongabay Latam and its partners at the major Bolivian daily newspaper El Deber have won the El Rey Award, also […]
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Bioacoustics paper published in Science
In 2017, Mongabay’s Conservation Effectiveness series looked at what the scientific literature tells us is working and not working in […]
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Mongabay Latam story generates multiple impacts in Peru
For the residents of remote rural areas like the Peruvian Amazon, Mongabay provides a vital service by covering issues that […]
Read more →“Conservation Effectiveness” series wins award
A feature on how conservation NGOs use evidence to guide their decisions, by staff writer Shreya Dasgupta, is the […]
Read more →Mongabay investigation makes “Best Nonprofit Journalism of 2017” list
Congratulations to the reporting team of Sue Branford, Maurício Torres, and Thais Borges: the third feature in their multi-part investigation […]
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Overcoming the fake news deluge: an opportunity to support Mongabay
The “spirit of giving” has arrived at Mongabay’s doorstep this holiday season! With gratitude Mongabay is pleased to announce that […]
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Our achievements in 2015
2015 was a monumental year for Mongabay in terms of the organization’s growth, reach, and impact. Here are some brief […]
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Success stories: supporting mainstream media coverage of environmental concerns
Quality journalism fuels dialogue between government, NGOs, communities, and lobbying groups as well as concerned citizens in an effort to find solutions to the environmental challenges we face now and in the years ahead. The process of educating these groups about the importance of conserving natural resources plays a major role in promoting advocacy and facilitating cooperation. However, the nuanced field of long-form environmental journalism is on the decline.
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Success stories: exposing Borneo’s energy boondoggle
In 2009, Cynthia Ong, the Founder and Executive Director of LEAP, a Malaysian NGO, contacted Mongabay about a plan to […]
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