Community engagement & action
Reporting connects NGO and researchers to advance conservation efforts
10/2023
After taking the online course on solutions journalism hosted by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, conservation biologist James Hall incorporated the approach for a story he wrote for the environmental journalism site Mongabay. The story, which focused on the conservation efforts of a small NGO in Colombia called Techo de Agua (Roof of Water), prompted an alliance between the NGO and local researchers, aimed at finding real-world solutions for conservation efforts.
“This alliance allows for our research and methodologies for the conservation and management of conflicts between wildlife and human communities to be recognized as products of scientific, academic and practical interest,” said Mayra Natalia Parra Salazar, general director of the NGO, who told the Knight Center that a university professor who directs a research group contacted her to form an alliance after reading Hall’s article.
She also said, "that our story was made known in many places thanks to James Hall’s article allowed our actions to have greater credibility,” she added. (This information was abbreviated from Teresa Mioli's story for LatAm Journalism Review.)
“This alliance allows for our research and methodologies for the conservation and management of conflicts between wildlife and human communities to be recognized as products of scientific, academic and practical interest,” said Mayra Natalia Parra Salazar, general director of the NGO, who told the Knight Center that a university professor who directs a research group contacted her to form an alliance after reading Hall’s article.
She also said, "that our story was made known in many places thanks to James Hall’s article allowed our actions to have greater credibility,” she added. (This information was abbreviated from Teresa Mioli's story for LatAm Journalism Review.)