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Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
A major investigative report recently published by Mongabay uncovered a massive, clandestine and illegal shark finning operation across the fleet of one of China’s biggest tuna fishing companies. Listen here: We speak with Mongabay’s senior editor for Southeast Asia, Philip Jacobson, who conducted the investigation together with Basten Gokkon, a senior Indonesia staff writer for […]
Veteran journalist, Peter Pringle, recalls how The Sunday Times' investigations team, Insight, conducted their own enquiry alongside Widgery's that exposed how ...
2021 was a year where tropical forests featured more prominently in global headlines than normal thanks to rising recognition of the role they play in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. The following is a brief look at some of the major rainforest storylines from 2021. Previous year-in-reviews: 2020 | The 2010s | 2019 | […]
Mongabay editor Philip Jacobson wins courage in journalism award by Mongabay.com on 1 February 2021 Philip Jacobson, a contributing editor at Mongabay, has won the Oktovianus Pogau Award for Courage in Journalism. The award was given by the Jakarta-based Pantau foundation, which highlighted Jacobson’s role in Mongabay’s collaboration with The Gecko Project to investigate corruption linked to palm oil and other industrial agriculture in Indonesia. The foundation also cited Jacobson’s dedication to his work despite being imprisoned and deported by Indonesian authorities last year. Mongab...