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.
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:
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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The Mentawai culture is being expurgated by modern life.
Marcos Terena is the third person interviewed in "Voices of the Forest."
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The Mentawai culture is being expurgated by modern life.
As coconut-based products grow in popularity, questions linger over sustainability concerns
The second interview of this series, "Voices of the Forest," features Chico Mendes' oldest daughter, Angela Mendes.
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A delicate ecosystem was disrupted in Comoros, off East Africa, when forests were cleared to make way for farmland. The consequences offer lessons for other parts of the developing world.
Ailton Krenak's interview is the first in the series Voices of the Forest - The alliance of Chico Mendes forest communities today.
Rubber tappers, whose history of labor is analogous to slavery, have organized themselves as their importance in cosmetics supply chains has grown. This story shows how conserving the Amazon can be profitable.
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