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Brazilian state won’t use new atlas to close Cerrado deforestation loophole
Farmers in north-central Brazil, where the savanna meets the Amazon rainforest, are clearing land at an unprecedented rate. The government hasn’t stopped the cutting, partly because it is using...
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The crop-saving champion of Tanzania: Bertha Mjawa
In the late 1980s, Bertha Mjawa remembers seeing endless quantities of fruits and vegetables getting thrown out across Tanzania because rot or insects had gotten to them. Mangoes and tomatoes, sweet...
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Empowering women in order to save the harvest
On a hot weekend in February, Shamim Daudi sits down with farmer after farmer near Babati, Tanzania, to talk with them about the way they store their corn. The organization she works for, the Swiss...
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Keeping up with the climate: efforts to reduce African crop losses face the...
Farmers in tropical areas have long struggled to maximize their crop yields, but the strikes against them just continue to mount. To start with, they tend to lack storage and processing tools that...
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Photo Essay: Geopolitical pawns, the fishermen of Lý Sơn, Vietnam
The island of Lý Sơn sits a few miles off shore of the city of Da Nang and halfway down the long, serpentine coast of Vietnam. Most of its people are simple fishermen, trolling the South China Sea for...
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TAKEPART – How a Cow can Help the Climate
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Brendan Borrell reports for TakePart on how an agricultural method imported from New Zealand could be one answer to Brazil’s deforestation crisis. Read the full...
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Cutting food waste in Africa would drive greater prosperity
In a piece for The New York Times, Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Rachel Cernansky explores how food waste undermines African economies and potential solutions. Last year, Tanzania had exciting...
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THE GUARDIAN – Peru planning to dam Amazon’s main source and displace 1000s
Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative Fellow David Hill reports on Peru’s dam plans for The Guardian. Read the full piece here.
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SLATE – Bananal Islands: A conflict between the government and indigenous...
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Brendan Borrell reports one of Brazil’s most unique national parks and the debate between government and indigenous peoples for Slate.
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Corporations rush to make zero-deforestation commitments, but is it working?
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Julian Smith reports on deforestation commitments from global corporations and their effectiveness. Read the full story here.
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Mongabay Rhino Poaching Piece Nominated for Australian Journalism Award
Mic Smith’s Mongabay article titled Amid rhinoceros poaching frenzy, dark days for South African society has been nominated for Australia’s Clarion Awards recognizing excellence in journalism in the...
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Keeping up with the climate: efforts to reduce African crop losses face the...
Farmers in tropical areas have long struggled to maximize their crop yields, but the strikes against them just continue to mount. To start with, they tend to lack storage and processing tools that...
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Photo Essay: Geopolitical pawns, the fishermen of Lý Sơn, Vietnam
The island of Lý Sơn sits a few miles off shore of the city of Da Nang and halfway down the long, serpentine coast of Vietnam. Most of its people are simple fishermen, trolling the South China Sea for...
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TAKEPART – How a Cow can Help the Climate
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Brendan Borrell reports for TakePart on how an agricultural method imported from New Zealand could be one answer to Brazil’s deforestation crisis. Read the full...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cutting food waste in Africa would drive greater prosperity
In a piece for The New York Times, Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Rachel Cernansky explores how food waste undermines African economies and potential solutions. Last year, Tanzania had exciting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE GUARDIAN – Peru planning to dam Amazon’s main source and displace 1000s
Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative Fellow David Hill reports on Peru’s dam plans for The Guardian. Read the full piece here.
View ArticleClik here to view.
SLATE – Bananal Islands: A conflict between the government and indigenous...
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Brendan Borrell reports one of Brazil’s most unique national parks and the debate between government and indigenous peoples for Slate.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Corporations rush to make zero-deforestation commitments, but is it working?
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Julian Smith reports on deforestation commitments from global corporations and their effectiveness. Read the full story here.
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Mongabay Rhino Poaching Piece Nominated for Australian Journalism Award
Mic Smith’s Mongabay article titled Amid rhinoceros poaching frenzy, dark days for South African society has been nominated for Australia’s Clarion Awards recognizing excellence in journalism in the...
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TAKE PART: Africa’s Silent Scourge Is Wiping Out Crops
(Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters) Farmers are going hungry because they lack ways of keeping food from rotting or being destroyed by pests after harvest. Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative...
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