Who We Are

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

Our collaborative approach to journalism means that all our content – stories, videos, photos, etc. – are free to be republished and adapted by any media organisation (under Creative Commons license BY-NC 4.0).

This allows us to investigate and expose global environmental crimes on a much larger scale, for three reasons:

- COLLABORATIVE REPORTING: Our journalists work together to fill in gaps in each others’ reporting, especially when tracing environmental crimes across borders.
- GLOBAL ISSUES, LOCAL PERSPECTIVES: Newsrooms are encouraged to adapt our work to fit local contexts.
- A WIDER AUDIENCE: With over 20 partners in 4 continents, our journalists’ stories can have a much higher impact.

Today, the ERC continues to run cross-border investigative projects that highlight the role of large-scale environmental crimes in the global climate crisis.

Our logo

Our logo, a pangolin, is inspired by our first project, The Pangolin Reports. Over 40 journalists worked together to investigate and expose the global pangolin trafficking trade.

Our Partners

Our Team

Darshini Kandasamy

Managing Editor
Malaysia

Võ Kiều Bảo Uyên

Collaborations Editor
Vietnam

Clarissa Say

Programs Manager
Malaysia

Chantal Eco

Multimedia Lead and Content Manager
Philippines

Ian Yee

Advisory Board Member
Malaysia

Ying Chan 陈婉莹

Advisory Board Member
Hong Kong

Wahyu Dhyatmika

Advisory Board Member
Indonesia

Ritu Sarin

Advisory Board Member
India

Sherry Hsueh-Li Lee 李雪莉

Advisory Board Member
Taiwan

Our Team

Our Awards

The Environmental Reporting Collective's cross-border investigations have been recognised by leading journalism awards across Asia and beyond, honouring both the reporting itself and the collaborative model behind it.

The Pangolin Reports (2019) — our first investigation, bringing together more than 40 journalists across Asia and Africa to expose the illegal trade in the world's most trafficked mammal.

Oceans Inc. (2021) — a year-long investigation into illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, uniting 14 newsrooms across 13 countries.

Beneath the Sands (2023) — a cross-border investigation tracing illegal sand mining and land reclamation across Asia, Africa and the Americas.

The Environmental Reporting Collective is a network of journalists in countries including Bangkok, Jakarta, Ha Noi, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Phnom Penh, Kathmandu, Lima, Manila, New Delhi, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Yangon, Paris, London, Madrid, Colombo and Brasília.
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