Dialogue Earth

Dialogue Earth is an independent non-profit dedicated to producing exceptional environmental journalism and informed conversations on urgent climate and sustainability topics. Our unique model brings local voices to global audiences and global stories of hope, action and change to local communities. We are committed to accurately portraying China’s development impacts across the Global South through geopolitically even-handed reporting and constructive dialogue. Our approach is rooted in a network of specialist country editors located across South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, and delivered through reporting in eight languages, workshops, and media partnerships. We seek to bring light, rather than heat, to crucial debates, and solutions to bear on complex problems.

Could Dumping Crop Waste in the Ocean Help Reduce CO2?

Published May 18, 2025 3:39 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Government

  [By Daniel Cressey] Scientists and entrepreneurs from across the world gathered in Bucharest earlier this year to dis...

How Foreign Subsidies are Undermining West Africa's Fisheries

Published May 11, 2025 2:00 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Government

  [By Kebba Jeffang] At sunrise most days, Lamin Sarr launches his wooden fishing canoe into the Atlantic from The Gamb...

U.S.-China Tariff Spat Will Boost Brazil's Exports - And Deforestation

Published Apr 27, 2025 3:23 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Government

  [By André Duchiade] The trade dispute between the United States and China is weakening the US position in...

Can Trump Really Approve Mining in International Waters?

Published Apr 24, 2025 8:44 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Government

  [By Regina Lam]   Pressure to open the international seabed for mining is mounting. Last month, Canadian b...

Brazil's Offshore Oil Sector is Fueling China

Published Apr 13, 2025 11:13 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Offshore

  Last year, oil overtook soy as Brazil’s main export for the first time since 2012. According to trade data publish...

South Pacific Coalition Moves to Protect Nazca Ridge Ecosystems

Published Apr 11, 2025 10:56 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Environment

  [By Felipe Paredes] Hidden beneath the vast expanse of the Southeast Pacific Ocean are underwater mountain chains tha...

China's Huge Fisheries Law Overhaul Could Make Fleet More Sustainable

Published Mar 9, 2025 7:43 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Environment

d [By Regina Lam] Nearly 16 million people in China depend on fisheries production for their livelihoods. A massiv...

Thailand's Legal Reforms Could Bring Back "Bad Old Days" for Fishing

Published Mar 2, 2025 8:22 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Environment

  [By Tyler Roney] Jirasak “Boot” Meerit left school before he was a teenager to become a fisher alongside...

Mexico’s LNG Ambitions Face the Trump Era and Environmental Concerns

Published Feb 23, 2025 9:52 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Environment

  [By Emilio Godoy and Patrick Moore] Last September, just off the Gulf coast of the Mexican city of Altamira, the...

India's Huge Artificial Reef Rollout May Cause More Harm Than Good

Published Feb 2, 2025 12:47 PM by Dialogue Earth

Posted in: Government

  [By Haritha John] Kasimedu is one of the largest and busiest fishing villages in Chennai, on the south-eastern coast...

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