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Michelle Kovacevic

Michelle is a science communicator with an honours degree in neuroscience from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has experience across many science communication platforms including magazines, radio, presenting (to students, policymakers and practitioners), corporate PR, academia and capacity building. She was formerly editor of Forests News and social media coordinator.

Tackling environmental dilemmas in the Congo

How can we convince farmers that they should not cut down trees which bring them much needed energy and shelter?…

01 Mar 2011

2 min read
Men participate in a forest mapping exercise in Merauke district, Papua province, Indonesia. Continuing forestry research is focusing on local perceptions of important forest resources. CIFOR

01 Mar 2011
Orangutans are predicted to be extinct in the next 20 years if the palm oil industry, deforestation and burning of peat forest continue rapidly expanding. Photo courtesy of David Wynia/flickr.

01 Mar 2011
Village children collect firewood in Tianlin county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. 30% of people in this region live below China’s poverty line (the equivalent to $0.57 per person per day).

01 Mar 2011
REDD News Update Indonesia

BOGOR, Indonesia (February 28 2011)_Run by CIFOR and several partner organisations around the world, the 4-year Global Comparative Study (GCS)…

28 Feb 2011

4 min read
Cancun climate change framework just a skeleton, but still a win for adaptation

While much of the world’s attention to climate change has been focused on mitigation _ how to slow the rate…

24 Feb 2011

4 min read
Ancient forests being logged for pulp and paper in Lapland, Northern Finland. According to 250 Finnish researchers and scientists, logging in old-growth forests is unsustainable and in conflict with international agreements that Finland has signed to protect biodiversity. Courtesy of Greenpeace Finland.

21 Feb 2011
Muktar, a forest ranger patrolling the Ulu Masen Forest forest in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Muktar was an illegal logger in the forest for more than 10 years before undergoing training to become a forest ranger. Run by Fauna and Flora International, the training recruits young men from the villages to become rangers, helping people understand how to protect the forest while providing economic benefits and livelihood opportunities to local communities. Courtesy of Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures/Department for International Development

21 Feb 2011
Greenpeace activists paint ‘Forest Destruction, Climate Crime, Moratorium Now’ on barges of illegally felled trees in the rainforests of the ‘Turama extension’ logging concession, Papua New Guinea. Twenty percent of global greenhouse emissions annually are caused by the deforestation of natural forests worldwide. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace Esperanza.

21 Feb 2011
A fully loaded truck transports furniture from Jepara to local markets. Central Java, Indonesia. Bambang Wijarnarko

01 Feb 2011