Jeff Joseph

Jeff Joseph is an independent journalist who reports on the intersection of resource conflicts, human rights, climate change and energy transition.

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India’s massive failure to control pesticide overuse in cardamom and its spice trade

India’s massive failure to control pesticide overuse in cardamom and its spice trade

21 Nov 2024

Purna Rana is an organic farmer who came back to Nepal after working as an electrician in India for 21 years. Low income from farming drives many of Nepal’s youth to migrate, but farming is also the only livelihood on offer for many who return. Photo courtesy: Jeff Joseph

Nepal’s unescapable trap of migration, farming and climate change

29 Mar 2024

A purse-seine fishing boat moored off the coast of Tamil Nadu. The Indian state’s ban on purse-seine fishing has left thousands of purse-seine fishers deep in debt and fearing for their livelihoods. Photo courtesy: Jeff Joseph

Purse-seiners, trawlers, and the epic fight over fishing in Tamil Nadu

07 Sep 2023

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