This year we launched a  “Forest Indigenous & Local Community Investigative Reporting’ project, dedicated to reporting on forest ecosystem destruction and the role Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) play in achieving conservation outcomes. Earth HQ and Mongabay also funded and staffed the first Indigenous Reporting Desk, supporting investigative reporting by indigenous reporters. A link to Earth HQ funded  investigative stories is here.

Mongabay stories from the frontlines feature prominently on our interactive dashboard, which also draws on real time satellite and other data to keep people up to date on the latest extreme weather events and what these mean for people’s lives and livelihoods.

We’re proud that our partnership with Mongabay helps them leverage over 800 correspondents in around 70 countries, mostly in the Global South, dedicated to evidence-driven environmental and social science journalism, to bring the stories of change into the news feeds of people everywhere. This has given a voice to young professionals on social and environmental issues in indigenous territories that otherwise would not have had an amplifying platform. In turn this enables the Global Commons Alliance to enrich our offerings to the public.