Journalists explore nature crime investigations at Mongabay’s ‘PUMA FEST’
Image: Alexa Velez (Mongabay Latam)
Ruth Nogueron, Senior Associate at World Resources Institute, which runs the Nature Crime Alliance, spoke at the PUMA FEST Latin American Environmental Journalism Festival in Bogotá, Colombia, last week, where she demonstrated the power of satellite-derived information and artificial intelligence (AI) in investigating environmental crimes.
The festival, organised by Mongabay Latam, brought together journalists, scholars, students and other practitioners at the intersection of journalism and environmental issues.
Ruth spoke on a panel that explored technologies such as geospatial monitoring and AI, and their application for investigative journalism. She introduced the Global Nature Watch platform and its forest monitoring systems, and shared examples of its use in identifying environmental crimes including illegal logging and illegal deforestation.
The PUMA FEST conference aimed to equip independent investigative journalists with tools, methodologies and connections to support them to investigate environmental issues, including nature crime, given the well-established impact that journalism has on raising public awareness and increasing political will to fight these crimes.
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