The Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF), launched in September 2018, represents a major investment in international environmental and climate reporting. Through the Pulitzer Center, the RJF will support nearly 200 original reporting projects over five years, along with annual regional conferences designed to raise the level of reporting on global tropical rainforest issues like deforestation and climate change–leading to stories that make a difference. The RJF will support and build capacity for local and regional reporters based in the Amazon Basin, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia, as well as international reporters working in those regions. The RJF is supported by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). For more information about the RJF, please see our announcement and update.
To apply for a Rainforest Journalism Fund reporting grant, please visit the RJF Grants page.
Regional and Local Reporting
Applications for regional projects are independently reviewed by Advisory Committees, composed of experienced journalists, and are expected to propose projects related to tropical rainforests in each region.
To learn more about RJF's three focus regions and Advisory Committees and view the regional reporting projects supported by the Rainforest Journalism Fund, please visit the following pages:
International Reporting
For more information about international RJF projects, please visit the International RJF page.
To see the stories and projects supported by the RJF and also by the Rockefeller Foundation, Omidyar Network, MacArthur Foundation, and individual donors, please see the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforests Issue Page.
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Project
Escalator to Extinction
Global warming pushes species uphill and polewards. For higher latitudes this expansion has been...
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Amidst an increasingly destructive and often murderous atmosphere, indigenous communities along the...
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On the division between Pará and Amazonas states in the Brazilian Amazon, young men from the Sateré...
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The Tipping Point
The Amazon rainforest absorbs vast amounts of the carbon dioxide that the world produces at...
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Author
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham (b.1994) is a London-born photographer and journalist primarily interested in new and dignified ways of representing crisis, trauma and human issues. Hugh's work has been seen...
January 4, 2019 -
Ecuador is one of the world's most megadiverse countries, but it also has one of the highest rates...
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Reclaiming Land for Survival
For 518 years the Akroá Gamella people in the Amazon region of Maranhão have struggled to avoid the...
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The Colombian Massif region is a hydric gem located over 4,000 meters above sea level in southwest...
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Project
India's Depleting Rainforests
The Indian state of Meghalaya lies in the country's geographically isolated Northeast corner. While...
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Author
Fredrick Mugira
Fredrick Mugira is a Ugandan multiple award-winning water and climate change journalist, media trainer and development communication specialist with over 10 years of wide-ranging experience. He has...
October 16, 2018 -
Pulitzer Center Update
Pulitzer Center Launches 5-Year, $5.5 Million Rainforest Journalism Fund
The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce the launch of the Rainforest Journalism Fund, a five-year...
September 12, 2018 -
In 1996, Indonesia began the Mega Rice Project, plunging into one of the greatest environmental...