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MONGABAY NEWSIN 2021 MONGABAY PUBLISHED NEARLY 5,000 STORIES IN SIX LANGUAGES COVERING MORE THAN 110 COUNTRIES. THIS REPORTING ATTRACTED 54 MILLION USERS TO MONGABAY'S WEBSITE, INCLUDING VISITORS FROM EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH. COLLECTIVELY, THESE VISITORS SPENT 16.4 MILLION HOURS IN 2021, 121% MORE TIME THAN IN 2020.MONGABAY'S GLOBAL TEAM GREW 22% TO 67 STAFF IN 20 COUNTRIES. MUCH OF THIS EXPANSION OCCURRED AT MONGABAY INDIA, WHICH LAUNCHED A HINDI TEAM IN LATE NOVEMBER 2020.WE HIRED OUR FIRST DEDICATED FRENCH EDITOR TO EXPAND COVERAGE AND IMPACT IN FRENCH-SPEAKING WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. ADDING THIS FRENCH CAPACITY WILL ENABLE MONGABAY TO BUILD A NETWORK OF FRENCH-SPEAKING JOURNALISTS WHO WE WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY ABLE TO ENGAGE, AND LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEW MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS A LARGER AUDIENCE IN THE E.U.MONGABAY ALSO CREATED A DEDICATED TEAM FOCUSED ON ISSUES AT THE INTERSECTION OF NATURE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.MONGABAY'S 2021 EXPANSION INCLUDED HIRING OUR FIRST MARKETING STAFF TO HELP US BETTER TELL THE STORY OF OUR WORK AND IMPACT.THIS NEW CAPACITY IS PART OF A SHIFT IN THE ORGANIZATION'S MARKETING STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE HIGH ENGAGEMENT AUDIENCES OVER THE GENERAL INTEREST MASS MARKET. WE BELIEVE THIS SHIFT HAS GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT BY REACHING MORE KEY DECISION MAKERS AND PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCE POLICY.IN PRACTICAL TERMS, THIS SHIFT PRIMARILY MEANT THAT MONGABAY DEPRIORITIZED FACEBOOK RELATIVE TO OTHER PLATFORMS AND APPROACHES. WHILE FACEBOOK IS MONGABAY'S LARGEST SOURCE OF TRAFFIC, THE ONGOING TOXICITY OF THE PLATFORM AND DETERIORATING QUALITY OF ITS AUDIENCE WERE KEY FACTORS IN THIS DECISION. INVESTIGATIONS ACROSS OUR BUREAUS, MONGABAY PRODUCED DOZENS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 2021. THESE RANGED FROM AN EXPOS ON ABUSIVE LABOR PRACTICES BY A CHINESE FISHING COMPANY AGAINST INDONESIAN WORKERS TO AN INVESTIGATION ON THE POISONING OF AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY BY BRAZIL'S PALM OIL INDUSTRY.WE PUBLISHED AN EXTENSIVE SERIES THAT LOOKED INTO THE "NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS" SPACE, INCLUDING BIOENERGY, COASTAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, AGROECOLOGY, AGROFORESTRY, SOIL CARBON, CARBON OFFSET MARKETS, REFORESTATION, AND RANGELAND RESTORATION. WE CONTINUED OUR LONG-RUNNING EXAMINATION OF COMMODITY SUPPLY CHAINS, RANGING FROM PALM OIL TO SOYBEAN PRODUCTION.WE UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO HOW RESOURCE DEMAND IS AFFECTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING WON A NUMBER OF ACCOLADES, INCLUDING SHORTLISTING FOR A 2022 FETISOV JOURNALISM AWARD, THE KALPATARU AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR REPORTING IN INDIA, RECOGNITION FROM THE SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS' ANNUAL AWARDS, THE OKTOVIANUS POGAU AWARD FOR COURAGE IN JOURNALISM, THE SEAL ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM AWARD, AND THE 2021 WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL SPIRIT OF ACTIVISM AWARD FOR THE FILM "OUR MOTHERS' LAND," AMONG OTHERS.FOR SEVERAL OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS, WE PARTNERED WITH OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS TO MAXIMIZE THE SCOPE, REACH, AND IMPACT OF THE REPORTING.MULTIMEDIA IN 2021 WE CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR MULTIMEDIA, INCLUDING NEW PODCASTS, NEW SHORT-FORM VIDEO SERIES, AND DATA VISUALIZATIONS. WE PRODUCED MORE THAN 500 VIDEOS AND HUNDREDS OF MAPS, GRAPHICS, AND OTHER VISUALIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED ON MONGABAY AND BEYOND.WE LAUNCHED AND FURTHER DEVELOPED MULTIPLE DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS, INCLUDING:REFORESTATION.APP A TREE PLANTING TRANSPARENCY TOOL THAT AGGREGATES INFORMATION ON HUNDREDS OF REFORESTATION PROJECTS WORLDWIDE.MONGABAY LATAM'S DATABASE ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES IN PERU, WHICH FOUND THAT 647 NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION DO NOT HAVE ANY OFFICIAL RECOGNITION THAT CERTIFIES THEIR EXISTENCE, AND AT LEAST 1,247 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SOME TYPE OF ILLEGALITY, INCLUDING LOGGING, MINING, AND COCA CULTIVATION.MONGABAY LATAM'S SEARCH TOOL THAT BRINGS TOGETHER MORE THAN 50 SUCCESSFUL MARINE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES IN 12 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.MONGABAY WORKED WITH INFOAMAZONIA AND THE PULITZER CENTER TO DEVELOP A TWITTER BOT TO TRACK AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT NEW PERMIT REQUESTS FILED WITH BRAZIL'S NATIONAL MINING AGENCY THAT OVERLAP WITH INDIGENOUS AND PROTECTED AREAS IN THE AMAZON.WE FORMALLY UNVEILED A PARTNERSHIP WITH NOWTHIS, THE WORLD'S MOST-WATCHED MOBILE NEWS PROVIDER, TO BRING ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS TO YOUNG AUDIENCES VIA NOWTHIS EARTH.WE ALSO ARE NOW A STORY PROVIDER FOR EARTHHQ, AN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA DASHBOARD THAT WAS LAUNCHED BY THE GLOBAL COMMONS ALLIANCE IN NOVEMBER 2021.MONGABAY PRODUCED EIGHT VIDEOS FOR THE NATURE+NEWSROOM WHICH WERE BROADCAST DURING THE COP26 CLIMATE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS IN GLASGOW.

MONGABAY EDUCATION:WE LAUNCHED A NEW VERSION OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SITE FOR KIDS. MONGABAY KIDS AIMS TO INSPIRE AND INFORM YOUNG PEOPLE ON ECOLOGY AND WILDLIFE. WE HELD MULTIPLE TRAINING WORKSHOPS TO FAMILIARIZE JOURNALISTS WITH SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SO THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE REPORTING ON THEM.