“He was really beaten”: Violence towards fishers continues on Lake Victoria
Fishers in Lake Victoria continue to work in fear and trepidation, with many of them detailing acts of violence by the Ugandan armed forces who insist their methods have helped quell illegal fishing.
COP27: This is no time for apathy or complacency; the urgency of the moment is upon us
Climate change is a global problem that requires cooperation between all nations. That’s why today more than 30 newspapers and media organisations in more than 20 countries have taken a common view about what needs to be done. T
Countries fail to agree on Antarctic conservation measures for fifth straight year
For the fifth year in a row, a council of nations involved in Antarctic fishing operations have failed to agree on new conservation measures which experts had hoped would protect the Southern Ocean from overfishing, particularly of the keystone krill species.
Announcing the ERC Training Grants
A fund for ERC partner journalists and newsrooms to organise self-tailored training programmes for themselves, but which are also open to other ERC partners. Apply now for 2021-2022.
Call for Applications: ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants
The Environmental Reporting Collective is accepting applications for Collaborative Investigation Grants open to media outlets, journalists, and freelancers — specifically aimed at promoting collaboration, and allowing journalists from different countries to work together to fill in gaps in each others’ reporting, especially when tracing environmental crimes across borders.
Announcing Oceans Inc, our latest cross-border investigative collaboration
A cross-border ERC investigation into crimes in the global fishing industry, from the South China Sea to the Antarctic.
South Korean media are honing in on environmental reporting
In South Korea, environmental reporters struggle to persuade editors that their beat matters as much as any other. Gradually, this is beginning to change.
Ten things we learned from coordinating this global reporting project
Editors and ERC co-founders Patrick Böhler and Ying Chan detail how The Pangolin Reports collaboration initially began or the Global Investigative Journalism Network, and point out lessons learned throughout the year of reporting on pangolin trafficking.
How we embraced Creative Commons licenses to amplify our reach
Our managing editor, Patrick Böhler recently spoke about how our reporting in The Pangolin Reports used Creative Commons licensing to increase public access and leverage local journalistic expertise.
The Pangolin Reports turn into podcast productions in English and Chinese
Listen to the first episode of Sustainable Asia’s podcast series on the Pangolin Reports. Executive producer Marcy Trent Long and her team worked with our reporters Xu Jiaming and Tin Htet Paing as they retraced pangolin smuggling routes in Myanmar.
Could pangolins be a piece of the coronavirus puzzle?
Researchers in Guangzhou said pangolins are a possible “intermediate host” of the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 630 people in China.
We looked into a Chinese pangolin smuggling syndicate. Here’s what we found.
Our colleagues Karen Zhang and Xu Jiaming published their investigation into a Chinese wildlife smuggling syndicate.
The Pangolin Reports have been translated into Burmese, Flemish and Bahasa Indonesia
We released our global investigative report to the public domain under the Creative Commons’ BY-NC-ND license, making translating and republishing the report simple and free.
Pangolins are trafficked in plain sight across Myanmar.
Our Chinese reporter, Xu Jiaming, teamed up with Tin Htet Paing, a senior reporter at Myanmar Now, to visit markets, restaurants and shops in major trade hubs across the country, feigning interest in buying pangolins.
Here’s how pangolin hunting is happening under officials’ watch in the Philippines
Our colleagues at Rappler in the Philippines released their two-part series this week on poaching in Palawan. We strongly encourage you to read their work. It was the product of weeks of painstaking reporting.
Malaysia: The Pangolin And The Dark World Of Trafficking
Today, our partners at R.AGE in Malaysia published an incredible investigative storybook on their reporting on the pangolin trade.
Malaysia’s top cop pledges to investigate officers involved in pangolin smuggling
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador will investigate reports on police officers being involved in smuggling activities.