{"id":1011,"date":"2026-08-31T16:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/unicorn778-environmental-crimes-dont-stop-at-borders-neither-can-the-reporting-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:23:14","slug":"unicorn778-environmental-crimes-dont-stop-at-borders-neither-can-the-reporting-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/unicorn778-environmental-crimes-dont-stop-at-borders-neither-can-the-reporting-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICORN778 Environmental crimes don\u2019t stop at borders. Neither can the reporting Peluang Terburuk Saat Bermain Slot Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-327670\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Daniela Quintero is a Colombian journalist and sociologist who develops and edits cross-border investigations as investigations editor at Mongabay Latam.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Her work combines field reporting with official records, environmental databases, satellite imagery, scientific literature, and legal documents.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Quintero has reported on glass-eel fishing in the Dominican Republic and the smuggling and laundering of illegally mined Amazonian gold through Venezuela.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Quintero spoke with Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler in the Colombian Amazon in July 2025 about her career, investigative methods, and interest in environmental journalism.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>High gold prices have fueled illegal mining across the Amazon. As Brazil tightened controls on the trade, criminal groups found another route through Venezuela, where it could be laundered and then exported overseas, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2025\/04\/amazon-illegal-miners-bypass-enforcement-by-smuggling-gold-into-venezuela\/?utm_source=mongabay.com\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">a Mongabay investigation published last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Documenting the trade required journalists in three countries to work together\u2014an approach <a href=\"https:\/\/mongabay.org\/person\/daniela-quintero-diaz\/?utm_source=mongabay.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Daniela Quinter<\/a>o considers essential because environmental crimes rarely respect national borders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327846\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"Near the Mavicure Hills with residents of the El Venado Indigenous Reserve. Credit: Rhett A. Butler\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215500\/Guainia-5-2026-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near the Mavicure Hills with residents of the El Venado Indigenous Reserve. Credit: Rhett A. Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As investigations editor at Mongabay Latam, Bogot\u00e1-based Quintero develops projects that combine field reporting with official records, satellite imagery, scientific papers, and legal documents. She also coordinates <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/04\/tracking-environmental-crime-in-the-amazon-a-conversation-with-alexa-velez\/?utm_source=mongabay.com\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Mongabay\u2019s Nature Crimes Fellowship<\/a>, working with journalists from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru on investigations in the Amazon and the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Quintero previously covered environmental issues and worked in the investigative unit at <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elespectador.com\/autores\/Daniela%20Quintero\/?utm_source=mongabay.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">El Espectador<\/a><\/i> before joining Mongabay in early 2025. Her reporting has ranged from glass-eel fisheries in the Dominican Republic to the gold smuggling story.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Mongabay Latam\u2019s PUMA FEST in July, I traveled with Quintero to Colombia\u2019s Guain\u00eda department, where I interviewed her about her work and her path into environmental journalism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327838\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Daniela Quintero Diaz\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-1800x1012.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214621\/IMG_6203-Daniela-Quintero-Diaz-1-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniela Quintero Diaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>An interview with Daniela Quintero<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: Can you introduce yourself?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: I\u2019m a Colombian journalist and sociologist based in Bogot\u00e1. I\u2019m an investigations editor at Mongabay Latam, where I develop and edit cross-border investigations into nature crimes and environmental issues across Latin America.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: What does a normal day at Mongabay look like for you?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: I\u2019m mostly in charge of developing pre-investigations for big projects. Most of my time goes into investigating new topics that we want to cover or that align with our coverage, finding stories in different countries, and locating sources we can speak with. I identify lines of investigation, determine the different voices we need, and construct the structure for the future investigations we are developing.<\/p>\n<p>I also spend a lot of time reviewing official records, analyzing environmental databases, satellite imagery, scientific literature, and legal documents to understand how environmental crimes operate and where there may be an important story.<\/p>\n<p>Another big part of my job is coordinating the Nature Crimes Fellowship program, which involves five journalists from Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. For almost a year, they have been producing different investigations, especially related to nature crimes in oceans and in the Amazon. It has been a really interesting few months because we have learned a lot. It is the first time in Latin America that we are running this kind of project with senior journalists who want to develop their investigative skills. So, there has been a lot of training and providing them with tools to develop in-depth investigations about Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Once projects move forward, I also have editing tasks, and I write pieces sometimes as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327844\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Presenting Mongabay Latam\u2019s work to more than 40 Indigenous leaders, alongside experts and organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, at the International Seminar on the Cartography of Indigenous Territories in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-1800x1012.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215321\/Bolivia-2025-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presenting Mongabay Latam\u2019s work to more than 40 Indigenous leaders, alongside experts and organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, at the International Seminar on the Cartography of Indigenous Territories in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: What did you do before you came to Mongabay Latam?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: I have been a journalist for more than eight years. Before I arrived at Mongabay, I was at <i>El Espectador<\/i>. <i>El Espectador<\/i> is one of the main outlets in Colombia and the oldest newspaper in the country. I was there first as an environmental journalist, and then I was part of the investigative unit, where I developed in-depth investigations, especially related to environmental issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: Why did you go into journalism?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: When I was 17, I didn\u2019t really know what I wanted to do in life, but I knew I wanted to write and share stories.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up in a mid-sized city in Colombia where most people aspire to become doctors, lawyers, or engineers. Journalism wasn\u2019t really something people around me considered as a career and no one in my family had anything to do with it, so it wasn\u2019t a path I was naturally exposed to. But I have always liked writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What I like most about journalism is that it lets me learn new things every day and explore topics outside my immediate reality. I\u2019m naturally curious, and I feel really passionate about understanding and writing about those topics. Also, I\u2019m kind of shy, so I found writing to be a way to express myself and share what I was learning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a journalist wasn\u2019t something I had planned very much\u2014I just felt that it was what I should do when I was younger, but now I think it\u2019s what I want to keep doing for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327845\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Diving in Tayrona National Natural Park, on Colombia\u2019s Caribbean coast. Credit: Courtesy of Jose Luis Gonzalez (@joseleuwphoto)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215405\/COP28-Dubai.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diving in Tayrona National Natural Park, on Colombia\u2019s Caribbean coast. Credit: Courtesy of Jose Luis Gonzalez (@joseleuwphoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: Why are the topics you cover at Mongabay of interest to you?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: Environmental journalism wasn\u2019t that popular some years ago, especially when I started. But the place where I worked is considered one of the main schools of environmental journalism in the country, and those journalists were among the first to start covering the environment in Colombia in a rigorous, structured way, back when nobody else was paying attention to it.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it was very inspiring to see people with the same interests and to see how passionate they were about covering things that usually didn\u2019t get much prominence in a national outlet in a country like Colombia. Here, media is usually very focused on political issues, economic issues, or the conflict. But seeing this group of people working on environmental topics\u2014covering conservation issues as well as socio-environmental conflicts in a complex, diverse way\u2014introduced me to the field and sparked my interest.<\/p>\n<p>After that, I also started covering oceans. I discovered that underwater topics weren\u2019t being covered very much in Colombia, so I joined my two passions: journalism and diving. It was amazing because it allowed me to share underwater stories that weren\u2019t being told in my country at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental stories are never just about nature. They\u2019re also about power, inequality, corruption, Indigenous rights, organized crime, and the people trying to protect their territories. I think that\u2019s what has kept me interested in this kind of journalism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327840\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"With marine biologists working on a coral restoration project in Corales del Rosario National Natural Park, on Colombia\u2019s Caribbean coast.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-1800x1012.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214851\/Coral-Restoration-Colombia-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With marine biologists working on a coral restoration project in Corales del Rosario National Natural Park, on Colombia\u2019s Caribbean coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: Why do you like diving?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: Because it\u2019s like another world\u2014it is so different from what we know on land. There are forms of life and biodiversity that are completely different from ours, and seeing those interactions and ecosystems is fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>My brain is usually super noisy\u2014always thinking and never stopping. But when I\u2019m underwater, it completely relaxes me. Everything else shuts off, and all I hear are my bubbles when I\u2019m breathing. It\u2019s a kind of active meditation that helps me relax and enjoy the world in a different way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327841\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214957\/Eel-fisheries-Rep.-Dominicana-1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214957\/Eel-fisheries-Rep.-Dominicana-1-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Before dawn, accompanying eel fishermen on their fishing trip in Nagua, Dominican Republic. Credit: Courtesy of El Espectador\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214957\/Eel-fisheries-Rep.-Dominicana-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214957\/Eel-fisheries-Rep.-Dominicana-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214957\/Eel-fisheries-Rep.-Dominicana-1-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28214957\/Eel-fisheries-Rep.-Dominicana-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before dawn, accompanying eel fishermen on their fishing trip in Nagua, Dominican Republic. Credit: Courtesy of El Espectador<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: Is there a story that you\u2019re really proud of?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: I have two favorite stories. One was about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elespectador.com\/ambiente\/blog-el-rio\/persiguiendo-anguilas-la-millonaria-y-desconocida-pesca-del-caribe\/?utm_source=mongabay.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">eel fishers in the Dominican Republic<\/a> about five years ago. At the time, it wasn\u2019t widely known that in a small town in the Dominican Republic, there was a time of year when the whole town went to the coast at night to fish for glass eels [elvers].<\/p>\n<p>I saw some pictures and didn\u2019t understand what the activity was. It wasn\u2019t in my country, and I was still working for a local newspaper at the time, so getting funding to report that story was a challenge. It was supported by a journalism network, but doing my job in a country where I didn\u2019t have sources or contacts was tough, as I had never been to the Dominican Republic before. Spending 15 days there covering an unfamiliar issue was a challenge, but I was really happy with the result. It reflected how this market works and how these fisheries contributed to the collapse of different eel species in other parts of the world. Now that those species are almost gone elsewhere, traders are arriving in Latin America and the Caribbean to supply international demand.<\/p>\n<p>The second story\u2014which recently won an award\u2014was with Mongabay. We worked with Mongabay Brasil and colleagues in Venezuela on how gold from the Brazilian Amazon was being laundered through Venezuela before moving to other parts of the world. Working across three countries also showed me how essential collaboration is in environmental investigations, because these crimes don\u2019t stop at national borders. It was recognized by a national award in Venezuela because it was the first time it was documented that gold wasn\u2019t just being taken from Venezuela, but was being brought in from regional parks and laundered there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Guain\u00eda is a transitional landscape between the Orinoco savannas and the Amazon rainforest, dotted with rock outcrops of the Guiana Shield. Credit: Rhett Ayers Butler\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215107\/Guainia-6-2026-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guain\u00eda is a transitional landscape between the Orinoco savannas and the Amazon rainforest, dotted with rock outcrops of the Guiana Shield. Credit: Rhett Ayers Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: What is something you like about working at Mongabay Latam?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: I\u2019m relatively new to Mongabay, though I have known its work for several years. It has been amazing to see how the women leaders on the Latam team inspire younger journalists and share their knowledge and tools. One thing I really value is that expertise is shared very openly. The first time I learned how to use certain satellite platforms was in a workshop organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/mongabay.org\/person\/alexa-valez-zuazo\/?utm_source=mongabay.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Alexa [V\u00e9lez]<\/a> years ago. Now, working with them and using those tools is really inspiring. It shows how useful those spaces are for younger journalists who are learning and suddenly have a platform to share their work.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: Is there anything you want an international audience to know about Colombia?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: People usually only hear about the bad things in Colombia. But Colombia is an amazing country with incredible biodiversity and many people working to conserve ecosystems that are currently threatened. Even though conflict persists, nature crimes exist, and armed groups are gaining force in some territories, there are also many local initiatives confronting these issues and trying to preserve what we have.<\/p>\n<p>We have mountain ranges (<i>cordilleras<\/i>), oceans, oceanic islands, mangroves, savannas, the Amazon, and even a desert on the northern coast. It is an extremely diverse country with many different communities\u2014Afro-descendants, Indigenous peoples, and rich cultural heritage. I would like people to know more about the part of our country that resists and continues to protect its environment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327843\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Exploring the Atabapo River, which forms the border between Colombia and Venezuela in the Orinoco region. Credit: Rhett A. Butler\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-wide wp-image-327843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/28215219\/Guainia-2-2026-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exploring the Atabapo River, which forms the border between Colombia and Venezuela in the Orinoco region. Credit: Rhett A. Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Mongabay<\/b>: What advice would you give to someone following in your footsteps who wants to become an environmental journalist?<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniela Quintero<\/b>: I would tell them to take every chance they get to learn: apply for fellowships, attend workshops, and learn how to use new tools. Also, to stay curious. The best investigations often come from the questions that others stop asking.<\/p>\n<p>I would also suggest staying obsessed with the topics you cover. I always say that I\u2019m obsessed with my topics, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a bad thing. It shows how passionate you are and helps you build a methodology to approach complex issues\u2014especially in environmental reporting, where people often mistake journalists for activists or conservationists. Reflecting the full complexity of these topics is one of the best ways to approach environmental journalism.<\/p>\n<div id=\"single-article-footer\">\n<div id=\"cite-article\" class=\"align-left banner bg-brand-color crossref-doi outlined ph--16 pv--16\">\n<h2>Cite this article<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"crossref-doi\">Rhett Ayers Butler (2026). Environmental crimes don\u2019t stop at borders. Neither can the reporting. Mongabay Conservation news. 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