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Indonesia Bureau. In 2012, Mongabay officially launched Mongabay Indonesia (mongabay.co.id), an Indonesian-language environmental news service that includes a team in Java and freelance correspondents across the archipelago.This system enables Mongabay Indonesia to report at local, regional and national levels within the country on a …

Pitch Mongabay a Story Mongabay works with a global network of environmental reporters. Journalists can send story ideas to editors after reviewing current editorial priorities. By Region Each of the following pages includes a list of priority topics. Submitting your pitch through our online forms will guarantee that your pitch will be received by the […]

Aimee Gabay is a staff writer at Mongabay covering Indigenous news, nature and climate change. As a freelance reporter, she has covered land rights and environmental issues impacting Indigenous peoples and local communities in Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala and Indonesia. Her work has been featured in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, New Scientist, Live Science, […]

Sep 29, 2023 · In May 2022, Mongabay published a joint investigation with The Gecko Project and BBC News.It found that Indonesian communities could be losing hundreds of millions of dollars each year due to palm oil producers’ failure to comply with regulations requiring them to share profits from their plantations with communities whose land the palms are grown on.

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Jan 2, 2025 · At the heart of Mongabay are the reporters, editors, videographers, translators, and designers who carry out the editorial work featured on each of Mongabay’s websites. Mongabay’s role as a publisher makes journalists our most engaged community to support. By directly providing job opportunities that otherwise would not exist, Mongabay’s highest commitment is …

Karen is a New Mexico-based journalist, editor, and producer with more than 20 years of experience reporting on environment, food, health, and human rights. She lived and worked for many years in Southeast Asia and has led media trainings around the world. She was a Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of […]

Nov 17, 2024 · Mongabay is proud to announce the second cohort of the Mongabay Africa Environmental Reporting Fellowship Program in French, welcoming six distinguished early-career journalists. In an era when environmental degradation is increasingly apparent, the role of quality environmental journalism cannot be overstated. Unfortunately, the evolution of business models in media has resulted in limited ...

Holt Thrasher (Board Chair and Treasurer) has more than 35 years’ experience in investment banking, information technology, and consulting. He is currently Founder and CEO of Synovia Capital, an investment fund focused on ecosystem management within the data analytics sector.