DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants To Strengthen Coverage of Environmental Crimes and Sustainable Solutions in the Amazon

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Internews Americas team, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), through the Together for Conservation project, are now offering a third round of story grants to journalists and communicators from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador  and Peru, to strengthen their capacities to produce high-quality, factual, and engaging public information on the impacts of conservation crimes and highlight viable community-led and policy-driven solutions to mitigate these impacts.

We welcome story ideas that take a regional perspective on the threats to biodiversity in the Amazon region and focus on the transnational nature of activities such as illegal logging, unsustainable and unregulated fishing, wildlife trafficking, and illegal mining, as well as the relationship between these activities and their impact on Amazonian ecosystems and the communities that inhabit the region.

We also welcome solutions-oriented stories highlighting efforts to combat environmental crimes, led by Indigenous peoples and local communities, civil society organizations, the private sector or public policymakers. These activities include, for example, sustainable forest management practices, tracking and monitoring wildlife trafficking, and efforts to curb illegality across the value chain, such as certification, among others.

Story grants are USD $1,500 - 2,000.

Applications can be in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

Deadline: Jan 10, 2025.

More information.