ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING COLLECTIVE

Collaborative investigative journalism on environmental crimes around the world.

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The Environmental Reporting Collective is a network of journalists and newsrooms from over a dozen countries, all dedicated to investigating environmental crimes collaboratively.

Our Investigations

  • Dirty Data

    We investigate how ordinary people are paying the price for the booming AI data centre industry.
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    Greed of Green

    As the globe races towards net zero goals, communities bear the brunt of the extractive minerals industry.
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    Oceans Inc

    We investigate unsustainable practices of the global fishing industry.
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  • Choking Kurdistan

    Read our award winning investigation into how oil and gas burning is suffocating minorities in northern Iraq.
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    Beneath the Sands

    We ‘dig’ into how sand mining syndicates from Africa to Asia profit and communities suffer from the poorly regulated industry from Africa to Asia.
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    Trafficked to Extinction

    ERC's maiden cross-border investigation into wildlife trafficking across South East Asia
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Latest updates

“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.
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COP27: This is no time for apathy or complacency; the urgency of the moment is upon us

ERC joins the Guardian's editorial on COP27, calling for action from world leaders on the climate crisis along with more than 30 media organisations in more than 20 countries. 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 […]
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Countries fail to agree on Antarctic conservation measures for fifth straight year

By: Richa Syal 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.  Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living […]
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The Environmental Reporting Collective is a network of journalists in countries including Abuja, Bangkok, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Guangzhou, New Delhi, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Yangon, and Zürich
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