More OCRI-supported stories published in April

Since the completion of the story-lab workshops in the four OCRI Year 3 regions in December 2024, OCRI have provided extensive post-workshop follow-up support to the participants/cohort with regional partners. By the end of April, 13 of the OCRI-supported stories have so far been published using skills gained from the training. For example in Bolivia – a data-driven climate migration story; Peru – detailing unaccounted monies meant for mitigating deforestation; and Nigeria – a deep dive into how Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) interlinks with environmental degradation.

More than half (specifically eight) of the supported stories were published in April and we are happy to present them.

Green promises, dark reality: El Salvador lags behind on forestry climate commitments (in Spanish). By Francisco López Otero for GatoEncerrado and CONNECTAS. 1 April.

Cocoa Boom or Forest Doom: As prices rise, farmers encroach on Nigeria’s conservation areas. By Remi Oladayo Adebayo for Premium Times and CJID. 11 April.

How India – and Southasia – fails to count and deal with heat deaths. By Jeff Joseph for Himal South Asia and DataLEADS. 15 April.

Forest fires in Argentina: Broken promises aggravate the problem in Patagonia and the Paraná delta (in Spanish). By Javier Lewkowicz and Nadia Luna for La Nación, Agencia TSS, Aristegui Noticias and CONNECTAS. 15 April.

INVESTIGATION: How Chinese, Nigerian firms destroy miners’ hopes in Benue. By Manasseh Mbachii for Premium Times and CJID. 23 April.

No Relief yet for Bajhang Dalits Devastated by 2021 floods. By Basant Pratab Singh for The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur Daily and DataLEADS. 23 April.

Cooling systems in high demand in Nigeria but regulatory gaps persist. By Kabir Yusuf for Premium Times and CJID. 29 April.

Amidst ineffective regulation, secrecy, mining devastates environment, hurts Gambia’s economy. By Mariam Sankanu for The Republic and CJID. 30 April.

We are optimistic about the influence these stories and more than a dozen others still coming will bring about progressive actions towards dealing with the climate crisis locally and globally.