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Discovery of threatened species drives bid to protect Vietnam forest
by Michael Tatarski [09/01/2020]
- The impoverished district faces the same threats
as many of Vietnam’s natural areas, including
poaching, deforestation and urban development.
- TFFI and GreenViet, the conservation NGOs that
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carried out the survey, are working to convince government officials
to establish a nature reserve or national park in Kon Plong.
- More than 120 species of mammals and birds were recorded in Kon
Plong, including the critically endangered gray-shanked douc langur,
a monkey endemic to Vietnam, as well as the northern yellow-
cheeked gibbon, Owston’s palm civet, pygmy slow loris — all
endangered species — plus Asiatic black bear, otters, and forest cats.
Under cover of COVID-19, loggers plunder Cambodian wildlife
sanctuary by Chris Humphrey [08/31/2020]
- Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia has
lost almost a fifth of its forest cover since 2010,
largely to agricultural expansion, illegal logging,
and land grabbing.
- The sanctuary hosts some of the last known populations of
threatened primates like the black-shanked douc langur and
southern yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, and is also considered the
ancestral home of the Bunong ethnic minority.
- Cambodia has laws in place to protect sanctuaries and crack down
on violators, but environmental watchdogs say enforcement is
lacking because the authorities are largely complicit in the plunder
of natural resources.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem by locking
out international conservation NGOs that would otherwise maintain
a presence on the ground.
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Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also
empowers women by Claudia Geib [08/31/2020]
- High market demand led to declining numbers
and a ban on arapaima fishing in the late 1990s,
though illegal poaching for the black market
continued.
- According to a recent paper, the co-management system that has
helped these fish recover also provides new opportunities for women
in fishing communities.
- Women working in co-management have newly independent
incomes and receive previously unknown respect for their roles,
though further work is needed to cement these gains.
Officials quash plan, for now, to develop Philippines’ biggest copper
mine by Bong S. Sarmiento [08/30/2020]
- The Philippine municipality of Tampakan has
canceled an agreement with Sagittarius Mines,
Inc. to develop a $5.9 billion copper and gold
mine on the island of Mindanao.
- Municipal councilors criticized the “lopsided” nature of the deal
that they said had not been periodically reviewed as required and
had sold the community short.
- The Tampakan project has faced opposition since mineral reserves
were discovered there in the ’90s, with pushback coming from
various levels of government, Indigenous communities, the Catholic
church, environmentalists, and even communist rebels.
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- An Indigenous group that has taken up arms against the project
has warned of more bloodshed should the project go ahead on their
ancestral lands.
Park rangers, the guardians of Ecuador’s biodiversity, face job
insecurity by Domenica Montano [08/28/2020]
- For their part, the rangers say the change
creates instability and deprives them of job
security.
- Park rangers have been working throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic, even handing out assistance kits to
communities.
- Protected areas account for a fifth of Ecuador’s territory, and
include ecologically important areas like the Galápagos Islands and
Yasuní National Park.
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Europe’s richest countries importing Brazillian beef linked to millions
of tons of emissions: report by Mongabay.com [03 Sep 2020]
- Millions of tons of emissions are embedded in Europe’s Brazillian
beef imports each year, equivalent to the annual footprint of
between 300,000 and 2.4 million EU citizens, according to a new
report by London-based NGO Earthsight.
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- Though global emissions are expected to see a record fall this year
due to the coronavirus pandemic, Brazil is set to defy the trend, with
a predicted rise of between 10% and 20%. Deforestation and cattle
ranching account for over half of the country’s emissions.
- Two companies, JBS and Silca, were found to be responsible for
almost a quarter of the estimated emissions documented by
Earthsight, while just eight farms were responsible for over half of all
imported emissions.
Philippine wildlife reporting app promises to upgrade fight against
trafficking by Rosy Mina [03 Sep 2020]
- The Philippines’ environment department plans a year-end rollout
of an app, currently being tested, that should make it easier for
citizens and enforcement officials to report wildlife crimes.
- Illegal wildlife trafficking is the fourth-biggest transnational crime in
the world, following the trafficking of drugs, people, and weapons; in
the Philippines, the trade is estimated at $1 billion a year, and
threatens the country’s unique wildlife, of which many species are
found nowhere else.
- The WildALERT app is designed to overcome one of the main
problems with reporting any kind of crime from remote areas —
patchy internet reception — by using an offline mode that allows
users to enter photographic and location data on-site and upload it
when they get reception.
- The app also has a library feature, essentially a Facebook for
endangered species, to allow users to quickly identify and report
species they encounter; the lack of specialist knowledge is currently
one of the big gaps in the existing campaign against the illegal
wildlife trade.
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Survival of Indigenous communities at risk as Amazon fire season
advances by Shanna Hanbury [02 Sep 2020]
- The number of major Amazon fires this year has more than doubled
since August 13, with most of those fires being illegal. 674 major fires
were detected between May 28 and September 2, with a sharp
increase inside Indigenous territories in the last two weeks, raising
concerns among Indigenous leaders.
- Indigenous groups are being left to fight the fires on their own,
without support from government institutions. IBAMA, Brazil’s
environmental agency has been largely stripped of funds and lacks
adequate equipment to fight the blazes, while the Army, sent to the
Amazon in May, is reportedly failing to suppress most fires.
- Combined with COVID-19, smoke from fires poses a serious threat
to Indigenous health. Native peoples have been disproportionately
affected by the pandemic, and have weaker immune systems for
respiratory disease. A recent study shows that Indigenous
hospitalizations for respiratory disease coincide with deforestation
rates year-by-year.
- Isolated Indigenous groups are especially under threat as fires put
their food sources at risk. Experts say that isolated and uncontacted
groups, to fend off hunger, are sighted more often roaming during
Amazon fires, potentially risking exposure to Western diseases.
Podcast: In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation by
Mike Gaworecki [02 Sep 2020]
- Women are a driving force in the movement to protect the Amazon
rainforest, the largest rainforest in the world.
- Joining us on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast is
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environmental journalist Sarah Sax, who recently wrote about the
Women Warriors of the Forest, an all-female Indigenous group that is
employing new tactics and building new alliances to protect the
forests they call home.
- We also interview Dr. Dolors Armenteras, who is a pioneer in the
use of remote sensing to monitor Amazon forests and biodiversity,
and has been named one of the most influential scientists studying
forest fires.
- Despite her pedigree, Armenteras has faced discrimination as a
woman scientist, and discusses how she is supporting the next
generation of women scientists to help them overcome such biases.
Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero
deforestation: Report by Claire Asher [02 Sep 2020]
- The world’s 100 most significant timber and pulp companies score
just 22.6%, on average, when assessed across 175 environmental,
social, and governance indicators, according to the latest
assessment by the Zoological Society of London using its
Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit (SPOTT).
- 2020 is the first way-point towards the 2014 New York Declaration
on Forests’ goal of eliminating natural forest loss by 2030, but 44%
of companies still don’t have a robust commitment to halting the
conversion of natural ecosystems.
- Climate change risk assessments, which are not a requirement of
current forest management certification programs, are often viewed
by companies as an “optional extra,” and only 4% of firms provided
an assessment of their future climate risk.
- More than half of companies are committed to respecting the rights
of local communities, but only 9% have published procedures for
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obtaining free, prior informed consent from local communities on all
new developments. Just 11 firms provided evidence they’re paying
all workers minimum wage.
Madagascar introduces stoves that burn rice husks instead of forests
by Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy [02 Sep 2020]
- Madagascar’s dependence on fuelwood is contributing significantly
to the island’s deforestation.
- To meet demand, charcoal suppliers even take wood from
protected areas and dig up tree stumps.
- A program aimed at changing wood consumption habits to
alleviate pressure on both forests and household budgets is
distributing new stoves that burn rice husks instead of charcoal.
- One million tons of rice husks go to waste in Madagascar each year.
The program aims to turn this surplus into a biofuel that is cheaper
and more sustainable than wood.
Infrastructure plans imperil Latin America’s forests: Analysis by
Mongabay.com [02 Sep 2020]
- A recent analysis in the journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences by social scientists, along with representatives
of NGOs and funding organizations, warns of the danger to forests,
communities and biodiversity as a result of planned infrastructure.
- The team writes that the planning process needs to be focused on
projects that bring the most benefits to people and the environment.
- The authors advocate an approach that includes input from often-
marginalized groups like Indigenous communities and looks to
science to inform planning for large-scale projects.
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State neglect means Indigenous Papuans’ victory over palm oil firm
is shaky by Hans Nicholas Jong [02 Sep 2020]
- Local authorities in Indonesia’s West Papua province have revoked
the permits for an 11,475-hectare (28,355-acre) oil palm concession
because it includes a forest that’s sacred to the Indigenous Moi
people.
- Activists have welcomed the move but note that the permits could
have been scrapped much sooner for various other reasons,
including a violation of plantation size limits.
- They also criticized the central government, specifically the
environment ministry, for not reaffirming the district government’s
recognition of the Moi people’s Indigenous land rights, which would
have made the forest off-limits to commercial exploitation.
- Without this official recognition from the central government, the
forest can still be licensed out for agriculture, activists point out.
Coronavirus caused by ‘unbalancing’ of nature: Q&A with Indigenous
leader Levi Sucre Romero by Francesca Edralin [02 Sep 2020]
- The COVID-19 pandemic has been disproportionately hard on
Indigenous communities around the world, most of which suffered
even before the pandemic from lack of access to health care and
from the destruction of their natural ecosystems.
- Levi Sucre Romero, a leader of the Bribri Indigenous group in Costa
Rica, says the pandemic is one of many consequences of the
mismanagement of natural resources.
- With government aid largely lacking, Indigenous communities are
pulling through the crisis in the ways that they know best, Romero
says, including a return to traditional means of sustainable
production and sharing.
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- He calls for governments to allow more room for Indigenous
knowledge in policies affecting natural resource management, and
for greater solidarity between Indigenous communities globally in
their shared struggle.
Greenpeace photos illuminate illegal Amazon fires by
Mongabay.com [01 Sep 2020]
- The aerial images — captured by photographer Christian Braga
over the states of Rondonia, Amazonas, and Mato Grosso from
August 16-18, 2020 — show fires burning through recently deforested
areas, agricultural areas, degraded forests, and on the edges of
dense tropical forests.
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a 120-day ban on fires
July 15th, 2020, but satellite data shows the decree is being widely
ignored.
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has sharply increased since
Bolsonaro took office in January 2019.
For Brazil’s most trafficked parrot, the poaching is relentless by
Dimas Marques [01 Sep 2020]
- Every year between August and September, poachers in the
Brazilian Cerrado steal turquoise-fronted parrot hatchlings from their
nests to supply the exotic pet market.
- The main destination is the São Paulo metropolitan area, where at
least 12,000 baby birds are taken every year, usually packed in boxes
without water or ventilation.
- The species is the most widely traded of Brazil’s parrots, sought
after because it’s relatively easy to train to “talk.”
- Conservationists say law enforcement efforts to tackle the
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trafficking have failed, and warn that the dwindling wild population
of the bird will have ripple effects within its ecosystem.
Friday night follies: Brazil cuts deforestation funding, then restores it
by Jenny Gonzales [01 Sep 2020]
- More than 500 major fires were reported in the Amazon as of last
week, most of them illegal. Which is why it seemed a strange
moment for Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro administration to announce it
was defunding all deforestation and firefighting efforts by
government agencies in the Amazon forest and Pantanal wetlands
biomes.
- The cuts, totaling R $60 million (US $11.1 million), would have
come from the budgets of IBAMA, the nation’s environmental
agency, and ICMBio, its national parks agency. Within hours of the
funding reduction announcement, the government reversed itself
and restored the money taken away.
- Since then experts have argued theories as to the reason for the
government’s erratic actions. Some say it is a means of making a
show of the anti-environmental policy the administration would truly
like to put forward, but cannot for fear of international censure.
Others see it as political maneuvering with the Bolsonaro
administration.
- Analysts point out that the budget cuts made no fiscal sense, since
IBAMA’s most expensive contracts for helicopter and vehicle rentals
to curb deforestation and do firefighting are paid up through April
2021 by the Amazon Fund, money mostly provided by Norway and
Germany, with more than R $60 million available.
Mauritians take to the street over oil spill and dolphin and whale
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deaths by Malavika Vyawahare [01 Sep 2020]
- People gathered in the thousands in Mauritius’s capital, Port Louis,
to protest the government’s response to a recent oil spill.
- The Japanese-owned freighter M.V. Wakashio crashed into the coral
reef barrier off the island’s southeastern coast on July 25 and leaked
about 1,000 tons of fuel oil into the sea near ecologically sensitive
areas, before breaking in half a few weeks later.
- The stranding of at least 39 dolphins and whales near the site has
sparked an outcry, though a link between the Wakashio shipwreck
and the beachings has not yet been established.
- In a controversial move, the Mauritian government decided to sink
the front half of the ship several kilometers away from the crash site
in open waters, which some experts say could have impacted the
dolphin and whale populations.
Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite
sustainability vow by Hans Nicholas Jong [01 Sep 2020]
- Greenpeace Southeast Asia has identified nearly 3,500 hectares
(8,650 acres) of peatland clearing in pulpwood plantations in
Sumatra supplying Asian Pulp & Paper.
- Analysis of satellite imagery showed the clearing began in August
2018 and continued through June this year, despite APP having a
“no peatland” and “no burning” policy that it also imposes on its
suppliers.
- Greenpeace and local NGO Jikalahari also found evidence of fires in
the concessions in question, which appeared to have been set
deliberately to clear the land for planting.
- APP has denied clearing the peatland or setting the fires, calling
into question the accuracy of the maps used and saying the fires
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spread from neighboring farms.
Madagascar giant frog is a new species, but also a deep-fried
delicacy by Rivonala Razafison [01 Sep 2020]
- Two species of giant frog in the genus Mantidactylus from
Madagascar have attracted researchers’ attention for their very large
size, reaching body lengths of more than 10 centimeters, or 4 inches.
- A new genetic study has revealed the existence of a third species
unknown until now: Mantidactylus radaka.
- The number of scientifically accepted Madagascan frog species now
stands at 362 and many other species remain to be discovered.
- Scientists recommend further studies to evaluate the conservation
status of giant frog habitats and species.
What is a kinkajou? Candid Animal Cam meets the animal that is
neither a bear nor an ape by Mongabay.com [01 Sep 2020]
- Every Tuesday, Mongabay brings you a new episode of Candid
Animal Cam, our show featuring animals caught on camera traps
around the world and hosted by Romi Castagnino, our writer and
conservation scientist.
Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning
surges by Justin Catanoso [31 Aug 2020]
- As climate change rapidly escalates with worsening impacts, and
with standing forests vital to achieving global warming solutions, the
forest biomass industry is booming. While the industry does utilize
wood scraps, it also frequently cuts standing forests to supply wood
pellets to be burned in converted coal power plants.
- Though current science has shown that burning the world’s forests
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to make electricity is disastrous for biodiversity, generates more
emissions than coal, and isn’t carbon neutral, a UN policy
established in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol erroneously counts energy
produced from forest biomass as carbon neutral.
- As a result, nations pay power companies huge subsidies to burn
wood pellets, propelling industry growth. While the industry does
utilize tree residue, forests are being cut in the US, Canada, Russia,
Eastern Europe and Vietnam to supply pellets to the UK, EU and
other nations who can claim the energy creates zero emissions.
- So far, the UN has turned a blind eye to closing the climate
destabilizing carbon accounting loophole. The Netherlands, which
now gets 61% of its renewable energy from biomass, is being urged
to wean itself off biomass for energy and heat. If the Dutch do so,
advocates hope it could portend closure of Europe’s carbon
loophole.
Ex-Wall Street ‘quant’ wields data to replant charred Madagascar
rainforests by Erica Tennenhouse [31 Aug 2020]
- After retiring early from a career as a quantitative analyst for stock
portfolios worth billions of dollars, Matt Hill started a nonprofit to
restore rainforest in eastern Madagascar.
- Applying the data skills he honed in his former career, Hill is
working out better ways to regrow rainforest burned accidentally or
for agriculture.
- Although few projects have adopted that kind of approach, it is
gaining approval among reforestation experts internationally.
- They say reforestation can have far greater success if practitioners
develop an evidence base to guide which tree species to plant,
where and when to plant them, and how to grow them.
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Communities, conservation, and development in the age of COVID:
Time for rethinking approaches (commentary) by M.I. Brown; B.
Allgood; J. Waugh; R. Martino; S. Cheng; C.C. Kelman; & A.L.
Porzecanski [31 Aug 2020]
- In this commentary, Michael Brown of Satya Development
International, Beth Allgood of the International Fund for Animal
Welfare, and a number of co-authors (see the full list at bottom)
argue that the Covid-19 pandemic affords an opportunity for
conservation to evolve away from underperforming business-as-
usual approaches.
- Such a shift, they write, should “focus on careful situational
analysis and addressing underlying causes, rather than proposing
reactionary solutions that are oversimplified, overgeneralized, and
infeasible.”
- For example, they argue that an overzealous focus on crime can
exacerbate existing social inequities and undermine conservation
outcomes. “The ongoing reckoning in the United States on systemic
racism is especially pertinent for conservation given its
uncomfortable history embedded in systems of colonialism and
oppression,” they write. “In parallel with the environmental justice
and intersectional environmental movement, conservation must also
recognize that achieving sustainability will require centering frontline
communities as equal and meaningful leaders in developing and
implementing conservation actions.”
- This article is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the
author, not necessarily Mongabay.
Despite expanding fires, Brazil suspends operations to combat
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Amazon deforestation by Mongabay.com [28 Aug 2020]
- Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment announced it will suspend all
operations to combat illegal deforestation and fire in the Amazon
and Pantanal on Monday, August 31, 2020.
- In a statement published on its official web site, the ministry said it
would demobilize staff and resources across two agencies: the
environmental protection agency IBAMA and the Chico Mendes
Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The suspension affects 1,805
firefighters, 401 inspectors, six helicopters, 144 vehicles, and ten
aircraft.
- The ministry said the decision is the result of a federal budget cut
of 60.6 million Brazilian reais.
- The cut comes as fires are currently burning widely across the
Amazon.
Back from the brink, baby Burmese roofed turtles make their debut
by Liz Kimbrough [28 Aug 2020]
- Once considered extinct, the Burmese roofed turtle was brought
back from the brink by an ambitious conservation program.
- The captive population is now approaching 1,000 turtles, and the
species appears to be in little danger of biological extinction.
- Scientists have now published descriptions and photos of the
hatchlings of this little-known river turtle.
A mysterious heart bone in chimps points to cardiac disease by Julia
John [28 Aug 2020]
- Chimpanzees and other great apes are widely afflicted by heart
disease; three-quarters of chimps that die in captivity have been
found to suffer from heart disease, and up to 90% of captive chimps
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could have it.
- Using high-resolution 3D imaging, a team of researchers discovered
that some chimp hearts contain a tiny bone known as an os cordis.
- Researchers do not yet know how, or why, the bone forms in
chimps, but it appears to be more prevalent in those with heart
disease.
- Researchers hope this finding will help conservationists keep
captive chimps healthy, and increase broader knowledge of
chimpanzee pathology.
Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by
‘criminalization’ bid by Basten Gokkon, Wahyu Chandra [28 Aug
2020]
- Police have arrested four fishermen and charged them with
defacing the Indonesian currency, following their protests against
dredging for a new port in Makassar, eastern Indonesia.
- Environmental activists and supporters of the fishing community
say the charge, for which the fishermen could face up to five years in
prison, is a spurious one meant to silence opposition to the $6.2
billion project.
- The fishing community says the dredging activity has disrupted
their traditional fishing areas, leading to catches dropping by up to
two-thirds since dredging began in February this year.
- The four fishermen arrested on Aug. 14 were charged after one of
them, out of protest, tore a money-filled envelope given to them by
the dredging company.
The other Corona: Rescued pangolin is a rehabilitation success story
by Mongabay.com [28 Aug 2020]
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- In February, a 2-year-old female pangolin named Cory was rescued
in a sting operation led by the African Pangolin Working Group.
- Cory was in poor condition immediately after her rescue, but she
responded well to rehabilitation, likely due to her young age.
- She was released on Manyoni Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province,
South Africa, where pangolins have been ecologically extinct for the
past 30 to 40 years.
Brazil green recovery plan could boost economy, add jobs, cut
emissions: Report by Shanna Hanbury [27 Aug 2020]
- If Brazil shifts to a low carbon economy, carbon emissions would
be cut by a third while also creating jobs, benefiting economic
growth and infrastructure, according to a recent report by the World
Resources Institute.
- Brazil’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan could provide an
opportunity to implement long-term solutions across multiple
sectors that could reduce carbon emissions and Amazon
deforestation.
- Study authors hope that the economic benefits of the plan will
push the current Jair Bolsonaro administration to adopt a green
agenda, even if conservation is not a priority.
- “Climate denial is at a peak, but cost-benefit will be the leading
decision-maker, whether or not it benefits the environment.… Due to
post-COVID-19 economic recovery plans, we have a window of
opportunity that will close in a year and a half or less.” — World
Resources Institute Climate Policy Director Carolina Genin.
Protecting African wildlife: A defense of conservation territories
(commentary) by Leif Brottem [27 Aug 2020]
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- W National Park, so named for its shape, spans Benin, Niger, and
Burkina Faso, and has been called a ‘paper park.’
- Along with the adjacent Pendjari National Park, it represents one of
the last best refuges for wildlife in western Africa.
- African Parks Network recently announced it would formally take
over the management of the Benin side of W. To succeed, it must
learn from the past and consider deploying fences and fines.
- This article is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the
author, not necessarily Mongabay.
Latin America unites to fight global inequalities in new regional pact
by Kimberley Brown [27 Aug 2020]
- More than 2,800 environmentalists, academics, lawyers, activists,
and community leaders from Mexico to Argentina have already
signed the pact.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated inequality in
Latin America, where five of the top 10 countries with the highest
transmission rates in the world are located. The ILO estimates more
than 41 million people will lose their jobs in the region, while the
U.N. has warned that extreme poverty will surpass 83 million people,
and deforestation has increased, putting ecosystems and Indigenous
communities in jeopardy.
- Some of the proposals in the pact include cancellation of external
debt, offering universal basic income, creating solidarity-based tax
reform, building post-extractivist economies, and prioritizing food
sovereignty and local health care systems, among others.
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24. Table of
Contents
From the Founder & CEO
2019 Progam Highlights
Mongabay’s Global Community
Staff, Board and Advisers
Global News Program
Mongabay Indonesia
Mongabay Latam
Mongabay India
Reaching Broader Audiences
Video
Podcast
Translation
Education
Internships
WildTech Reporting Fellowship
2020 & Beyond
Financials
Donors
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25. I’m writing this introduction while sheltering-in-place at my home in California. The COVID-19
pandemic has caused incredible suffering around the planet and is forcing societies to reckon
with how we manage resources and make choices between difficult paths. Some have argued
that the post-COVID world offers an opportunity for a re-examination of our relationship with
the world around us, including the species and ecosystems with which we share the planet.
Beyond the COVID-19 crisis, Mongabay navigated other challenges in the waning months of
2019 and early 2020. In December, we lost our WildTech editor Sue Palminteri at the age of 54 to
cancer. Later that month, our Indonesia editor Phil Jacobson was detained in Indonesian Borneo
for an alleged visa violation. Jacobson’s incarceration generated widespread media attention —
including hundreds of articles in mainstream publications, eventually pushing the government to
drop the charges and deport Jacobson from the country. Many civil society groups used the case
to highlight growing curtailment of press freedom and human rights in Indonesia.The jubilation
following Jacobson’s release was short-lived however. The following day Tommy Apriando,
an esteemed investigative journalist and chairperson of the Yogyakarta branch of Indonesia’s
Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), died at the age of 30.
But neither the disruptions from COVID-19 nor Jacobson’s detention nor Palminteri’s and
Apriando’s deaths have diminished our resolve to deliver news and inspiration from nature’s
frontline. As an organization we are pushing content production to new heights, while experi-
encing a surge in readership and influence. And as we expand, we continue to put strong science
and investigative research at the center of what we do to drive greater transparency and ac-
countability.
We know that now, more than ever, key decision makers need better and more actionable data,
communicated in a timely and effective manner. Conveying this information in a compelling
and effective format is what leads to impact. As a global reporting platform with more than 675
journalists in 70 countries, Mongabay turns data into stories that reach millions of people each
month across our platforms and network of content distribution partners.
We thank you for your continued support and wish you well in these difficult times.
Rhett Butler
Mongabay Founder and CEO
From the Founder and CEO
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26. 2
Mongabay celebrated its 20th year in 2019 with record traffic and story production as well as ex-
pansion into new markets, including Brazil, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Madagascar, and the Afri-
can continent. Global traffic increased 35% over 2018, amounting to over 100 million pageviews
for the year. We produced more than 4,800 articles and 800 videos.
Additionally, reflective of Mongabay’s respected stature and expertise among science journalism,
we became a go-to source of information, with Mongabay experts interviewed by dozens of TV,
radio, and print outlets. For example, during the peak of the 2019 Amazon fires, Mongabay CEO
Rhett Butler was interviewed by multiple television and radio news outlets, including, but not
limited to KBIA-Missouri’s Global Journalist show, France 24 TV, BBC, TRT, and CBC. Mongabay
was the first media outlet to publish near real-time satellite images of the fires, and did so with a
Creative Commons license so they could be used in other news outlets. These images captured
the world’s attention, and Mongabay was among the first international media outlets to break a
story causally linking the fires to deforestation that had occurred in the first months of Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration.
To support this growth, we also strengthened our organizational capacity and fundraising ability
through the development and implementation of new systems as well as strategic operational
hires, including a program associate, legal officer, a financial controller, and an accounting asso-
ciate.
2019 Highlights
27. Mongabay’s Global Community
Mongabay’s global traffic increased 35% increase over 2018, amounting to over 100
million pageviews for the year. We produced more than 4,800 articles and 800 videos.
Mongabay celebrated its 20th year in 2019 with record traffic and story production as
well as expansion into new markets, including Brazil, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Mada-
gascar, and the African continent.
This chart shows which Mon-
gabay bureau a contributor is
associated with. The map shows
all of Mongabay’s staff and con-
tributors by their country. A small
presence is under 5 contributors,
while a moderate presence is
between 5 and 10.
Click on the map to access the interactive version.
Mongabay Global
Mongabay Indonesia Mongabay Latam Mongabay IndiaNon-news content Video 12-month average
Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019
10,000,000 Pageviews
15,000,000 Pageviews
5,000,000
Pageviews
28. Staff, Board and Advisers
Aditi Tandon
Content Coordinator, Mongabay India
Akhyari Hananto (Arry)
Outreach Coordinator, Mongabay Indonesia
Akita Arum Verselita
Data Analyst, Mongabay Indonesia
Alana Linderoth
Program Associate, Mongabay
Alexa Vélez Suazo
Contributing Editor, Mongabay Latam
Antonio José Paz Cardona
Contributing Editor, Mongabay Latam
Basten Gokkon
Staff Writer, Mongabay
César Torres
Outreach Coordinator, Mongabay Latam
Daniel Pye
Investigations Editor, Mongabay
Dave Martin
Partnerships Director, Mongabay
Dilrukshi Handunnetti
Staff Writer, Mongabay India
Eddie Roqueta
Video Manager, Mongabay
Erik Hoffner
Editor and Content Strategist, Mongabay
Genevieve Belmaker
Contributing Editor – Forests, Mongabay
Glenn Scherer
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
S. Gopikrishna Warrier
Senior Contributing Editor, Mongabay India
Hans Nicholas Jong
Staff Writer, Mongabay
Hayat Indriyanto
Senior Copy Editor, Mongabay
Hidayaturohman Suri
Multimedia Producer, Mongabay Indonesia
Isabel Esterman
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
Jennifer Tierney
Editor and Grant Writer, Mongabay
John Cannon
Staff Writer, Mongabay
Karla Mendes
Contributing Editor, Brazil
Kartik Chandramouli
Digital Editor, Mongabay India
Leilani Chavez
Staff Writer, Mongabay
Lily Kang
Transforming Conservation and Legal
Officer
Maichue Khang
Operations Coordinator, Mongabay
Malavika Vyawahare
Staff Writer, Mongabay
Manon Verchot
Digital Editor, Mongabay
María Ángeles Salazar
Translation Coordinator, Mongabay
MariaIsabel Torres
Program Manager, Mongabay Latam
Mayank Aggarwal
Staff Writer, Mongabay India
Michelle Carrere
Contributing Editor, Mongabay Latam
Mike Gaworecki
Staff Writer and Editor, Mongabay
Morgan Erickson-Davis
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
Nur Rochmani Fajar (Jay)
Senior Writer and Editor, Mongabay
Indonesia
Patricia Yoevera
Multimedia Producer, Mongabay Latam
Philip Jacobson
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
Rahmadi Rahmad
Senior Writer & Editor, Mongabay Indo-
nesia
Rajesh Chand
Bookkeeper, Mongabay
Rebecca Kessler
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
Rhett A. Butler
Founder and CEO, Mongabay
Ridzki Sigit
Program Manager, Mongabay Indonesia
Romina Castagnino
Bilingual Writer, Mongabay
Sahana Ghosh
Staff Writer, Mongabay India
Salman Ghani
Financial Controller, Mongabay
Sandhya Sekar
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Program Manager, Mongabay India
Sapariah Saturi
Senior Writer & Editor, Mongabay Indo-
nesia
Shreya Dasgupta
Staff Writer, Mongabay
Sue Palminteri
WildTech Manager
Terna Gyuse
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
Tiffany Roufs
Operations Director, Mongabay
Thelma Gomez
Contributing Editor, Mongabay Latam
Willie Shubert
Global Program Director, Mongabay
Yvette Sierra Praeli
Staff Writer, Mongabay India
Xavier Bartaburu
Contributing Editor, Mongabay
Board of Directors
Dr. Brodie Ferguson
Board Chair
Alyson Blume
Board Secretary
Holt Thrasher
Board Treasurer
Jeanne Sedgwick
Mark Cappellano
Penn A. Butler
Peter Riggs
Steve McCormick
Tim Kelly
Triona Gogarty
Advisory Panel
Aida Greenbury
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
Dr. Peter Raven
Dr. William F. Laurance
Dr. Christopher Herndon
Cynthia M. Adams
29. Global News Program
In 2019, Mongabay’s flagship English news site experienced a 107% in-
crease in users over 2018. We covered stories in 140 countries. Our 2019
coverage was bolstered with the growth of our editorial team in Brazil,
including the hiring of both a contributing editor and Brazilian Portu-
guese editor. Mongabay was the first media outlet to publish near real-
time satellite images of the fires, and did so with a Creative Commons
license so they could be used in other news outlets.
Mongabay continued to produce in-depth coverage for several long-run-
ning special reporting projects on palm oil, tropical forests, infrastruc-
ture, and fisheries management, among others. The Indonesia for Sale
series, produced in partnership with The Gecko Project, garnered a lot
of attention and received recognition from the Society of Environmen-
tal Journalists with the “Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding In-depth
Reporting” and second place in the “Excellence in Environmental Journal-
ism” category from The Fetisov Journalism Awards. Additionally, reflective
of Mongabay’s respected stature and expertise among science journal-
ism, we became a go-to source of information, with Mongabay experts
interviewed by dozens of TV, radio, and print media outlets.
IMPACT STORY
Mongabay’s
drone footage of
fires in Menabe,
Madagascar
was presented
as evidence to
the Malagasy
government
on the damage
being done in the
country’s protected
dry forests. After
the footage was
published online, a
road that provided
access to one of
the affected areas
was blocked.
Founded in 1999, Mongabay.com is now one of the top sources of environmental news,
analysis, information, and inspiration on the internet.
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30. Mongabay Indonesia
Mongabay Indonesia celebrated its eighth year in 2019 and registered
nearly 10 million users – a record for the site. To capitalize on growing
video consumption in Indonesia, Mongabay Indonesia began producing
short-form videos on a regular basis. Mongabay Indonesia also contin-
ued long-running series on forests, marine fisheries management, wild-
life conservation, and success stories where community tenure and con-
trol over forest areas is having positive social and conservation benefit.
Coverage on the health burden of the fires was discussed in the Pres-
idential Staff Office (KSP). Bringing attention from the Amazon fires to
Indonesia required considerable coordination between the bureaus that
yielded a number of important and high-visibility stories including a vid-
eo interview with Bambang Heru Saharjo, which is being used in a French
TV documentary.
IMPACT STORY
An article about
the killing of a
Sumatran elephant
in Aceh prompted
a Change.org
campaign that
has now garnered
more than 590,000
signatures, leading
to an official inves-
tigation and arrests
of the perpetrators.
Mongabay’s first local language bureau is now one the most important sources of
environmental news and information in Indonesia.
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31. Mongabay Latam
The Latam bureau had a 59% increase in users, and welcomed the
addition of a Mexico City-based contributing editor. Coupled with a sub-
stantial increase in articles published, Latam enhanced regional alliances
in Bolivia and Chile, including republication partnerships with Bio Bio, El
Desconcierto, El Mercurio de Antofagasta, and Página Siete, as well as
strengthened relations with El Deber via collaboration on cross-border
specials like Tierra de resistentes, which told the stories of environmen-
tal defenders under threat across Latin America. A persistent concern
for the conservation of remote areas vital for biodiversity in the region is
the advance of drug trafficking where government presence is minimal.
Often times, those most affected by the illegal use of protected areas are
Indigenous peoples and local communities whose territories are invaded.
To bring awareness to this challenge, Mongabay Latam traveled to the
“triple border” shared by Peru, Colombia and Brazil to report on the
Tikuna Indians efforts to defend the forests in an area where illicit crops
are taking a hold. Mongabay Latam illuminated the human rights viola-
tions and challenges experienced by environmental defenders. Among
the ways this story raised awareness to inform action was social media
sharing by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations Special Rapporteur
for Indigenous Peoples; citation in an article published by The New Yorker
Magazine and the Deutsche Welle; and a selection as one of the finalists
for the National Journalism Awards of Peru organized by the Instituto
Prensa y Sociedad.
IMPACT STORY
A report by
Mongabay
Latam exposed
corruption
among managers
of Rapa Nui
National Park in
Chile prompting
the park’s board
to dismiss the
president and
widespread
media coverage.
Mongabay launched its second bureau in 2016 to publish Spanish-language news
coverage on conservation and environmental issues in Latin America.
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32. Mongabay India
Mongabay India experienced an impressive 58% increase in users in
2019, with major expansion of its syndication relationships with local,
regional, and national media outlets. These partners greatly expanded
the reach of Mongabay India’s content. The team of seven continues to
provide unprecedented coverage in the country, such as the 2019 series
Environment and Elections, which yielded 97 stories and 19 multimedia
pieces detailing environment issues from states across India, and Envi-
ronment and Her, which looks at environment from a gender perspec-
tive.
Mongabay India was the first to report on the issue with references and
copies of minutes which were not easily available for activists - within
days of the minutes of the forest advisory committee which considered
the proposal regarding uranium mining in Amrabad Tiger Reserve. The
report highlighted the doublespeak of the agencies involved and showed
how despite the recommendations from the local forest officials,
including the tiger reserve officials, the project was being pushed.
Mongabay’s story was republished by several news outlets at the
national level and then by vernacular media in Telangana (where
Amrabad tiger reserve is located). The stories resulted in civil bodies and
experts taking up the issue with a new vigour.
In 2018, Mongabay officially launched its third bureau, in India, to reach one of the
world’s largest English-speaking audiences with dedicated reporting on the country.
IMPACT STORY
Following reporting
on uranium
mining in Amrabad
Tiger Reserve,
opposition parties
took up the case,
and the state
government
passed a
resolution against
uranium mining.
Since then, the
vigilant experts
and conserva-
tionists in states
have ensured that
clearance is not
given for mining in
this case.
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33. Reaching Broader Audiences
Video: The addition of a digital editor in mid-2019 was instrumental to the production of over
800 short-form videos disseminated mainly via YouTube and Facebook. Reflective of the imple-
mentation of a strategic publishing schedule, Mongabay’s video audience continued to mature.
Of the videos produced, 38 received more than 100,000 views in 2019. Of these, five had more
than 500,000 views.
Podcast: Every two weeks, the Mongabay Newscast continued to grow its global audience with
insightful conversations between Mongabay staff and conservation scientists and key influenc-
ers like Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Inger
Andersen; Kinari Webb, founder of Health in Harmony; award-winning science writer, author,
and journalist David Quammen; and Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the US National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Translations: Mongabay’s translation program continued to expand. We had the invaluable
support of a large team of volunteer and paid translators who helped us provide content in
nine languages. With increased collaboration between bureaus, we saw a growth in the demand
of translations between English, Spanish and Portuguese and worked to develop efficient
processes to meet this demand. Another area of growth has been translations from French into
English. With our new editor and an increasing number of contributors in Africa, there is a higher
possibility of reporting in French. In 2019 we started assembling a team of translators and
produced our first translation in this combination. In 2020, we hope to strengthen these collabo-
rations and keep reaching new audiences, as well as continue professionalizing our program and
supporting our translations the best we can.
Mongabay delivers its news and information in multiple languages and adds depth and
relevance to these stories through innovative use of digital media tools.
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Education
Internship Program: Since its foundation in 2011, Mongabay’s news writing internship pro-
gram has served over 100 up- and-coming science writers. Today the program continues to
support four to six interns annually for a 6-month internship where writers dedicate 10 hours a
week from anywhere in the world. This unique program provides the increasingly rare opportu-
nity for journalists at the start of their careers to work with experienced editors on environmen-
tal stories that matter and build up a publishing history at a respected and widely read news
outlet.
In 2019, Mongabay selected six interns from over 90 applicants. Each intern published a mini-
mum of six articles while working with at least two staff editors. Some of the interns continued
writing for Mongabay as freelance contributors completing their 6-month internship. Looking
ahead, we remain dedicated and excited to grow and develop this opportunity.
WildTech Reporting Fellowship: In late November 2019, the Mongabay team mourned the
death of Wildtech editor Sue Palminteri. In her legacy, we launched the Sue Palminteri WildTech
Reporting Fellowship that honors her reverence of conservation, technology, and journalism
by providing opportunities for students and new journalists to gain experience in conservation
technology and writing.
Mongabay.org’s Education Initiative was founded to provide teachers and students with
an opportunity to learn about current environmental and social justice issues.
35. 2020 and Beyond
Amid these unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongabay remains dedicated to
providing independent environmental science and conservation news. Now more than ever, in the
face multiple environmental crises, such as global mass extinctions, a warming climate, acidifying seas,
polluted oceans, disappearing ecosystems and the services they afford humanity, we require better
and more actionable data, communicated in a timely and effective manner across multiple languages
and platforms to reach the key audiences that shape policy and influence global trends supportive of
a sustainable future. Accordingly, we see four high-leverage areas: data journalism, emerging content
formats, geographic expansion, and better data on how reporting contributes to real-world outcomes.
Data is critical to decision-making, and conveying this information in a compelling and effective for-
mat is what leads to impact. Expanding our capacity to provide high quality data journalism could be a
catalytic opportunity for Mongabay. We are uniquely positioned to collaborate with key data providers
like Vizzuality to enable greater data journalism capabilities supportive of a wide range of content, from
investigations to video.
Online streaming continues to emerge as a popular medium to reach audiences who don’t consider
themselves environmentalists or know much about tropical forests with information derived from origi-
nal reporting efforts. Consequently, growing Mongabay’s video program presents an enormous oppor-
tunity for audience expansion and revenue generation. Through 2020 a diversity of models from devel-
oping an in-house video studio to partnering with established studios will be explored in the interest of
expanding Mongabay’s production of longer form videos. Additionally, we’re excited to provide content
in Hindi. Given the size of India and need for environmental news reporting, producing Hindi-language
reporting is arguably the single highest leverage opportunity to expand Mongabay’s presence and impact
in India. Likewise, Mongabay Latam has proven its ability to execute, and as one of the world’s largest
markets, we aim to continue to grow our reportage throughout the region with an emphasis on increas-
ing the amount of original reporting in Brazilian Portuguese, as well as Spanish and English.
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36. Total Functional Expenses,
from 2017 to 2019
$3,000,000
2019 Audited Financials
Statement of Activities
in USD
2018 2019
Revenue
Contributions and grants 4,676,522 2,969,196
Program service revenue 18,749 -
Other revenue (119,973) 113,865
Total revenue 4,575,298 3,083,061
Expenses
Programs 2,337,881 2,989,778
Management and general 256,806 398,748
Fundraising 190,499 209,564
Total expenses 2,785,186 3,598,090
Assets
Change in net assets 1,790,112 (515,029)
Net assets - beginning of year 2,495,669 4,285,781
Net assets - end of year 4,285,781 3,770,752
Balance Sheet
Assets and Liabilities
Cash and investments 1,788,932 2,358,270
Contributions receivable 2,666,810 2,666,810
Prepaid expense 3,005 72,096
Fixed Assets 7,188 -
Total Assets 4,465,935 4,063,645
Total Liabilities 180,154 292,893
Net Assets 4,285,781 3,770,752
Total liabilities and net assets 4,465,935 4,063,645
Program
Fundraising
Management and General
2019 Functional Expenses,
by percentage of total
6%
11%
83%
20192017 2018
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
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37. Donors and Supporters – Thank you for your support in 2019
$100,000+
Anonymous (1)
Ford Foundation
Acacia Fund
Band Foundation
Ford Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
NORAD
Packard Foundation
Tilia Fund
Walton Family Foundation
$50,000 -$99,999
Khanna Foundation
The Overbrook Foundation
John Swift
Christensen Fund
Jena and Michael King Foundation
Mott Foundation
Skyscrape Foundation
$25,000 -$49,999
Anonymous (1)
Francis and Christine Martin Family
Foundation
Shared Earth Foundation
Chris Dietrich
Marisla Foundation
$10,000 -$24,999
Dawson Family Fund
Weeden Foundation
Barbara Karplus
Carla and David Crane Foundation
Conservation X-labs
Pam and Sid Suggs
Penn and Nancy Butler
$5,000 -$9,999
Triona Gogarty
Island Foundation
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Instruments Foundation
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Hetz, Rosemary Eng, Ruben Smits, Ruth Anna Stolk, Sacha
McCallum, Sherwin B Rubin, Stefan Avramov, Susan Ford,
Vicky Meretsky, Zachary Amir
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most powerful ways to support independent journalism because it provides the
financial stability to report on timely issues while also planning ahead.
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Martin, David Metcalf, David Straub, David Wemple, Derek Schuurman, Diana Jacobs, Diane
Powers, Dillon Lanius, Dr. Lisa Toolen, Edward Jenner, Elliot Chasin, Emma Ford, Erik Gracey,
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Stockwell, Louise E Martin, Luveen Wadhwani, Manuel Beterams, Marea Hatziolos Grant, Maria
McLaughlan Mohammed, Marianne Messina, Melanie Devore, Melinda Mendelsohn, Merel
Vandermark, Michael Coren, Michael Disabato, Mikako Moriyama, Nienke Stam, Patricia Neuray
Patty O’Neill, Paul Atkinson, Peter Barto, Peter Page, Peter Salmansohn, Peter Williams, Philip
Kavan, Rebecca Haynes, Rebecca Kessler & Todd Linkner, Robert Lazarus, Ronald Warren,
Rosemary Hill, Sarah Doherty, Shaaretha Pelly, Sharon Smith, Sharon Yost, Shreya Dasgupta,
Sophia Winkler-Schor, Stephen Shubert, Susan Hoppe, Susan Ruddy, Susan Wickman, Susanna
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Thomas Ratcliffe, Tiffany Joy Roufs, Tomas Kraus, Valentin Ambroise, Vance Martin, Veronica
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