As 2023 draws to a close, so, too, does the first full year of Mongabay’s Conservation Reporting Fellowships. Launched at a time of unprecedented planetary upheaval, the program aims to build a new generation of environmental reporters from the world’s biodiversity hotspots. This is the future of reporting on Earth as we know it now […]
Brazil’s coastal landscapes have rapidly transformed through the years. Development is the driving force behind these changes, boasting promises of modernization, job creation and a better future. Meanwhile, artisanal fisheries are pushed to the outskirts by gentrification, fewer areas are safe to swim due to pollution, mass fish deaths occur more frequently and staggering oil […]
Tropical forests play a fundamental role in storing carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. And while the Amazon rainforest is often top of mind when it comes to stores of CO2, there’s another ecosystem in Brazil that stashes away a much larger amount of carbon per hectare: mangroves. Scientists have long […]