Environmental Reporting Collective

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Our mission

Collaborative Journalism for the Planet

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

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Investigations

Editor's Pick

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.

Oceans Inc

We investigate unsustainable practices of the global fishing industry.

Choking Kurdistan

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

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.

Traffickers vs Covid 19

Could the illegal wildlife trade in the hotspot of Vietnam come back stronger after Covid-19?

The Pangolin Reports

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

From Our Newsrooms and Grantees

Despite Global Trade Restrictions, Threatened African Mahogany Wood Still Flows from South Sudan Through Uganda

Blanshe Musinguzi

Clearing the Green: How clean energy projects are destroying forests and watersheds that keep communities safe

Chantal Eco

From forest sanctuary to Cambodia’s scam zone

Meng Kroypunlok

National Greenwashing Program: From Green Promises to Forest Loss on Indigenous Land

Lucelle Bonzo

Latest Updates

Dirty Data Study Group | In the Dark: Data Center Spillover in Asia

July 20, 2026

ERC Calls for Reinstatement of Instagram Reel Restricted in India

May 24, 2026

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

November 15, 2022

Countries fail to agree on Antarctic conservation measures for fifth straight year

October 23, 2021

Announcing the ERC Training Grants

October 20, 2021

Call for Applications: ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants

October 20, 2021

Announcing Oceans Inc, our latest cross-border investigative collaboration

September 2, 2021

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