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Green Echoes is an Asia-focused newsletter for reporters, editors, and supporters of environmentally focused investigative journalism.
We chose the name Green Echoes in memory of our colleague Anu Paul Nkeze in Cameroon, who passed away in December 2019. Paul had been passionate about environmental protection as a volunteer, advocate, freelance journalist, and public radio program producer.
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Green Echoes #14: Water shortages, deforestation and wildlife training
Tempo Magazine has just published an in-depth investigation into why the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry gave a construction permit to a tycoon-owned company to build a mining road through a forest in Sumatra that is the habitat for several endemic plant and animal species. They've found several suspicious moves, business entanglements, and inconsistencies, which may be signs of corruption playing a role.
Green Echoes #13 - From Pangolins to Porcupines
To start this week's issue, we have a Q&A from the team that brought you our Wildlife Study Group series, that we held in June and July. Hundreds participated in four communal discussions including a live-streamed meeting with Malaysia’s first captive-born pangolin and a conversation with its human handler, and intense discussions on demand for endangered species in Chinese traditional medicine, commercial pangolin farming, and indigenous hunting and wildlife conservation.
Investigating Timber Supply Chains, with Qiu Jiaqiu
This week, we are introducing you to a great Chinese editor and the insights he and his team gained in an investigation on the timber trade in Papua New Guinea. Their report was published in January by Jiemian News and Tencent News.
You can watch a part of their investigation here with English subtitles.
Investigating Palm Oil Supply Chains
After a short break, we have a very special issue for you this week, with an interview from the cross-border team of journalists that just published a year-long mammoth investigation on palm oil.