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June 25, 2020 | Tempo
The Last Home of Mentawai's Primates
Four species of endangered primates are endemic to the Mentawai Islands. Their last refuge is Siberut National Park.
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Indonesia
June 23, 2020 | Tempo
The Last Home of Mentawai's Primates (bahasa Indonesia)
Four species of endangered primates are endemic to the Mentawai Islands. Their last refuge is Siberut National Park.
May 18, 2020 | Asia Society
Risky Crossing: The Perils of Climate Migration
A worsening climate is destroying how people farm, fish, and forage across Asia. No longer able to scratch a living from the land, the continent’s poorest are increasingly seeking work abroad — and finding themselves ever more vulnerable to the dangers that follow.
May 17, 2020 | Sierra
The Coming Coconut Crisis
While coconut farming presents several environmental advantages in comparison to palm farming, coconut farmers in the Philippines and Indonesia face production and financial barriers to producing the crop.
April 30, 2020 | Tempo
The Pig Incantation of Teu Takbabalen (bahasa Indonesia)
The back of Teu Takbabalen’s pigsty house leads to dense forest of the Siberut National Park. The pigs were free to enter the forest to look for other food. But the pigs always come back.
April 28, 2020 | Tempo
The Village in the Middle of Siberut Forest (bahasa Indonesia)
The Mentawai culture is being expurgated by modern life.
April 21, 2020 | Tempo
The Village in the Middle of the Siberut Forest
The Mentawai culture is being expurgated by modern life.
April 19, 2020 | Science Magazine
'Open the Doors for Us.' Indonesian Scientists Say Government Snubs Offers to Help Fight Coronavirus
Scientists in Indonesia are exasperated at the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 27, 2020 | VICE News
What Happens to Survivors Years After a Terror Attack?
In Indonesia, survivors of terror attacks talk about the trauma that haunts them and the lack of support they receive, after the media coverage dies down.
December 28, 2019 | Rappler
Finding Love and Jihad
Many women are radicalized on Facebook, and an expert says they are now a permanent part of the jihadi structure.
December 27, 2019 | Rappler
Who Were the Indonesian Husband and Wife Behind Jolo Bombing?
Rullie Rian Zeke and Ulfah Handayani Saleh were members of the Indonesian ISIS-linked terrorist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.
December 13, 2019 | Vox
Supertrees: Meet Indonesia’s Carbon Guardian
Indonesia’s mangroves are an incredibly effective tool against climate change — but they’re being cut down to grow shrimp and palm oil for you.
Saving Siberut Island
Siberut Island is a unique island of Mentawai Islands, in the western of Sumatera Island, Indonesia. Siberut Island is the home of four endemic primates. The Siberut forest is under threat from a 49,440 hectares timber consession, a company-owned 19,876 hectares forest plantation, and 2,600 hectares of land and forest will be developed as a special touristic area.
Carbon Chronicles
With journalists in Indonesia and Brazil, the stories in this project highlight how tropical forests in Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Amazonia might ameliorate—or, to the contrary, aggravate—climate change. The project also explores the current impacts of climate change on people and wildlife.
Is Coconut the New Palm Oil?
Investigating the impacts of the global coconut boom on Southeast Asian rainforests and livelihoods.
Life After Jihad
What happens to the children of suicide bombers and those injured in attacks?
Climate Change and Human Trafficking in Indonesia
Climate change, deforestation, and palm oil production are contributing to an increase in human trafficking in Indonesia.
Notes from the Underground: How Degraded Peatlands Could Accelerate Global Warming
Indonesia is repairing a vast peatland damaged in an ill-fated agricultural project. Peat breakdown creates CO2, worsening climate change. In Peru, scientists say a peatland there might be at risk.
Mist and Mystery: Borneo's Vanishing Landscape
Borneo's ecological devastation involves logging, mining, palm oil cultivation, habitat loss, and climate change. This project examines these challenges through the eyes of Borneo’s indigenous people.
Can Palm Oil Ever Be Grown Sustainably?
Palm oil—a product that appears in candy bars, cereal, and cosmetics—is a product the world needs. But can it be produced in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner?
The Great Land Rush
A race has begun for one of the world's most precious resources—land. Investors are pouring in billions. They promise progress, but land grabs can upend livelihoods and stir bitter conflict.
Environmental Martyrs
Murders of environmental and land rights campaigners are on the increase worldwide.
Reporting on Reproductive Health: International Conference on Family Planning 2016
Pulitzer Center grantees present their reporting at the International Conference on Family Planning 2016.
Dying for the Planet: Attacks on Environmental Journalists in the Age of Climate Change
As illegal resource extraction spreads, the journalists who report on it often pay with their lives.
June 18, 2020 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Eliza Barclay
Eliza Barclay explains how the Vox reporting team focuses on key superpowers of three tree species in three rainforests to convey their unique ecological roles and the urgency of protecting the them.
May 08, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Xyza Cruz Bacani
Photojournalist Xyza Cruz Bacani discusses climate refugees in Indonesia who become vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers.
August 15, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Krithika Varagur
Learn more about Krithika Varagur's reporting project on Salafism in Southeast Asia and how Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries have systematically spread Salafi Islam, an austere strain of Sunni Islam.
March 01, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Michael Peel
The Financial Times' Michael Peel talks about his reporting in Myanmar as part of a special FT series, 'The Great Land Rush.'
April 07, 2014 | Meet the Journalist
Larry C. Price Reports on Small-scale Gold Mining
Pulitzer Center grantee Larry C. Price talks about the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining.
January 02, 2014 | Meet the Journalist
Craig Welch on "Sea Change" in Indonesia
Reporter Craig Welch shares his reporting from Indonesia on a community threatened by climate change and ocean acidification.
May 15, 2020 | Education news
On-Demand Event: Eliza Barclay Shares Reporting Insights with Chicago Students
At a virtual Earth Day event for students, grantee Eliza Barclay speaks on a panel with youth activists, experts, and students about solutions-oriented climate change reporting.
March 04, 2020 | Awards
Vox 'Supertrees' Project Wins Scripps Howard Award
The winners of the 67th Scripps Howard Awards represent among the best of journalism from 2019.
February 07, 2020 | Awards
Vox 'Supertrees' Series Nominated for ASME Ellie Award
The Pulitzer Center-supported series on supertrees around the world was chosen as a finalist for the 2020 Ellie Award for Feature Design.
February 12, 2019 | Education news, Awards
AU Student Fellow Alum Nominated for College Television Award
Student Fellow Kent Wagner's film is being nominated for the Television Academy Foundation's 39th College Television Award for Non-Fiction/Reality.
January 18, 2019 | Education news
Young Leader Profiles: Meet the Winners of the Local Letters for Global Change Contest
Meet the next generation of global changemakers: our contest winners are profiled here, and receive congratulatory videos from journalists reporting on their letters' focal areas.
April 13, 2017 | General news, Awards
Student Fellow 2017 SPJ Regional Winners Move on to National Competition
Pulitzer Center Student Fellows are chosen as three regional winners and one finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.
February 28, 2017 | Newsletter
The World's Most Toxic Places
This week: unregulated textile factories across Asia, a Somali migrant profiled, Jon Sawyer and Marvin Kalb dissect Trump and the media.
May 31, 2016 | General news
This Week: Toxic Work
Gold mining in Indonesia leaves a toxic trail across generations.
May 30, 2016 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2016 Student Fellows Announced
2016 fellows report on a range of complex issues from around the world—from global health and perceptions of identity to environmental degradation and innovation.
April 20, 2016 | General news
Larry C. Price on WYSO Weekend
Pulitzer Center grantee Larry C. Price talks with his hometown radio station in Dayton, Ohio, about his work.
March 08, 2016 | General news, Newsletter, Project news
This Week: Who Owns the Land?
A race for the world's most coveted resource.
February 03, 2016 | Education news
News Bites and Lesson of the Week: Understanding the Zika Virus
This week's news on all things Pulitzer Center Education.
May 22, 2017 | High School
Understanding Religion, Power, and Democracy vis-à-vis Salafism
This group of lessons explores the interplay between religion and power. Students evaluate the degree to which religious forces impact the strength of a country's democratic institutions.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
September 23, 2016 | All Grades
Child Labor
Explore reporting projects related to child labor.
September 23, 2016 | All Grades
TPP's provisions on labor laws and human rights
Discuss the potential ramifications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on labor rights.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
May 02, 2016 | All Grades, High School
Curriculum Connections for 10th Grade History Teachers in D.C. public schools
The following serves as a resource for DC public school teachers working with the District's tenth grade history standards, providing teachers with a list of Pulitzer Center projects in line with...
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 08, 2016 | All Grades
Debating the Global Land Rush
Students explore the concept of journalistic objectivity and use evidence from articles about land rights in Ethiopia, Indonesia and Myanmar to debate how a country’s natural resources should be used.
March 04, 2016 | High School
The Dangers of Drunk Driving
Students read global news articles and design a mock campaign addressing the issue of driving under the influence.
February 29, 2016 | All Grades
Pedestrian Safety
Students investigate educational resources about the safety of pedestrians in developing countries and design mock letters to politicians in charge of roads in a developing country.
February 25, 2016 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Debating the Global Land Rush
Students explore the concept of journalistic objectivity and use evidence from articles about land rights in Ethiopia, Indonesia and Myanmar to debate how a country’s natural resources should be...
February 02, 2016 | All Grades
Understanding the Zika Virus
Students are asked to discuss the articles about Zika virus and answer comprehension questions. Students can also engage in extension activities conducting a deeper analysis of Zika media coverage.