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Mongabay shark meat expos" wins national journalism education award in Brazil
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (244+ words) A Mongabay expos" that revealed widespread Brazilian government procurements of shark meat to serve in thousands of schools, hospitals, prisons and other public institutions has won first place in the higher education category of Brazil's National Association of Directors of…...
Urban forests in Niger's schoolyards serve climate resilience and education
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (917+ words) An unusual subject has found its way into the curriculum of schools in Niger: trees. As municipal authorities across the Sahel country work to adapt to extreme heat and other effects of climate change, the value of urban forestry has…...
Rigorous, not righteous: How Gopi Warrier helped build Mongabay India's newsroom
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1747+ words) His editorial philosophy at Mongabay is shaped by a clear boundary: this is journalism, not advocacy. "Our reporting may inspire activism by others," he says, "but our focus remains on rigorous journalism." That clarity of purpose, coupled with an insistence…...
Peru mining pollution linked to children's cognitive impairment: Study
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (230+ words) A recent study in Forensic Science International suggests a link between exposure to heavy metals from mining operations and reduced cognitive performance in children in Peru. Researchers say the findings highlight the long-term impact of mining pollution on children's neurocognitive…...
From Kigali to the Congo Basin: Aimable Twahirwa's path in environmental journalism
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (527+ words) Before joining Mongabay in September 2024, Twahirwa published in-depth feature stories for regional and international media outlets and global news agencies. His work has appeared in Nature, Inter Press Service, All Africa, Thomson Reuters Foundation (formerly known as Alert Net), Sci…...
Inside Mongabay with Isabel Esterman and the long arc of environmental reporting
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (406+ words) For Isabel Esterman, journalism's influence is often cumulative. It comes from staying with a subject long enough for the evidence to become harder to ignore. "It's not one story," she tells Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo, "but this collective body of reporting, and…...
Mongabay's multimedia reporting wins international journalism prizes in 2025
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (528+ words) Mongabay Mongabay's multimedia reporting wins international journalism prizes in 2025 If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2025, Mongabay's team of multimedia journalists won international journalism prizes for audio, visual and digital storytelling. The content they produced range…...
Early-career journalists join the next wave of environmental reporting (commentary)
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (394+ words) English poet Thomas Gray famously wrote, "where ignorance is bliss, "Tis folly to be wise." He wasn't particularly speaking of journalists or of Earth's precarious future. I believe that ignorance is the enemy of journalism, it is no bliss, but…...
Connecting Indonesia's environmental stories to millions
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (1621+ words) " Mongabay: Please introduce yourself and your position at Mongabay. Akhyari Hananto: My name is Akhyari Hananto, and I serve as the Multimedia Manager for Mongabay Indonesia, based in Surabaya, often called the "City of Heroes." My role is quite dynamic…...
From porter to conservation leader, the inspiring journey of Marlyse Bebeguewa in Cameroon
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (844+ words) Mamb'l', CAMEROON " When most 18-year-olds envision their future, few imagine carrying heavy loads through dense equatorial forest. Yet for Marlyse Bebeguewa, now a 38-year-old forest monitoring consultant in Cameroon's Lob'k' National Park, that was just the beginning of an impactful…...