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Reporting on Illegal Wildlife Trade – Story Ideas, Safety Tips and More [1]

Illicit trade in wild animals and plants is a billion-dollar global business that threatens biodiversity and human health. Endless reporting opportunities range from exposing corruption and criminal networks to debunking claims about products derived from endangered species. Journalist Rene Ebersole shares insights from her 20 years on the trail of wildlife smugglers, poachers and other environmental lawbreakers — and introduces a new nonprofit dedicated to this beat.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
International [14]
Mexico [15]
Africa [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [17]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
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Drugs, Hormones And Excrement: Polluting Mexican Pig Farms Supply The World [19]

"Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment"

Agriculture [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [18]
International [14]
Mexico [15]
Source: Guardian [23], 11/26/2024
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"Drought Is an Immigration Issue" [24]

"In Mexico, the conditions that have contributed to the largest sustained movement of humans across any border in the world will get only more common. This spring, at the start of the corn-growing season, 76 percent of Mexico was in drought, and the country was sweltering under a deadly heat dome."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mexico [15]
Source: Atlantic [28], 11/20/2024
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Weather Extremes Spur Illegal Migration Between U.S. And Mexico: Study [29]

"Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could risk their lives crossing the border as climate change fuels droughts, storms and other hardships, according to a new study."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mexico [15]
Source: AP [30], 11/18/2024
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"U.S.-Mexico Water Agreement Might Bring Relief To Parched South Texas" [31]

"The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [25]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Mexico [15]
Source: Texas Tribune [34], 11/13/2024
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November 25, 2024

DEADLINE: The Water Desk's Rio Grande Journalist Training & Workshop [35]

To equip journalists to better understand the river's history, its current legal cases and future challenges, The Water Desk is hosting an expenses-paid training program for journalists in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jan 29-31, 2025. Story coverage funding available post-training. Apply by Nov 25.

Workshops and Fellowships [36]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [8]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
International [14]
Mexico [15]

Threatened: Mexico City’s Floating Gardens Have Fed People For Centuries [38]

"Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family’s chinampa — one of the islands first built up by the Aztecs with fertile mud from the bottom of a lake that, later drained, would one day become Mexico City."

Agriculture [20]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [18]
Mexico [15]
Source: AP [39], 11/05/2024
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How Climate Change Complicates the Refugee Crisis [40]

The displacement of populations by climate impacts, while not a new phenomenon in human history, is worsening in the face of global warming’s extreme weather patterns. Yet the extensive international regime to aid refugees doesn’t cover those migrating due to flooding, drought, natural disasters or climate change. Backgrounder considers the implications and how nations will respond to the new realities.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Politics [42]
People & Population [27]
Policy [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
International [14]
Mexico [15]
Africa [16]
Antarctica & Arctic [46]
Asia [47]
Central America & the Caribbean [17]
Europe [48]
Middle East [49]
South America [50]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
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November 1, 2024

DEADLINE: ICFJ Reporting Grants [51]

The International Center for Journalists' brand-new reporting grants initiative will award $2,000-$3,000 grants and possibly mentorship to at least two winning proposals focused on climate and climate change, and exploring this topic in the Global South. Deadline is Nov 1, 2024.

Awards and Grants [52]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region: 
International [14]
Mexico [15]
Africa [16]
Asia [47]
Australia & Oceania [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [17]
South America [50]

San Diego County Residents Sue Over Alleged Sewage Treatment Plant Failures [54]

"Residents of Imperial Beach in southern San Diego County filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the operators of an international wastewater treatment plant — alleging that the site has failed to contain a cross-border crisis that has long contaminated their community."

Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [55]
Environmental Politics [42]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [21]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Mexico [15]
Source: The Hill [57], 10/17/2024
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