Supported projects

BIHAĆ / ZAGREB – Behind the political debates on return hubs and stricter procedures lies an underlying trend that is receiving less attention: the roll-out of a state-of-the-art technological surveillance system at our external borders.

RRJOLL - From Rrjoll to Himarë, this investigation exposes how Albania's tourism model is driving the transformation of protected areas into luxury “resorts”, enabled by legal reforms and government decisions that favour private interests over environmental protection.

GALICIA / IZMIR - As wildfires intensify across the Mediterranean, communities in Spain and Turkey are developing their own strategies to prevent fires, restore damaged ecosystems and protect rural livelihoods, often filling gaps left by public policies.

MISKOLC – Four years after one of Central Europe's most serious river pollution disasters, a cross-border investigation examines what caused the contamination, whether the river has truly recovered, and what lessons remain unanswered.

KHASAB / MUSCAT - The US and Iran continue to exchange attacks. US strikes are followed by Iranian retaliation, with targets including American bases in Gulf states such as Oman's Musandam exclave, which is separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates and situated right on the Strait ...

BRESCIA / MARSEILLE / ZWIJNDRECHT - From Italy to Belgium and France, the European principle of environmental liability is only applied by halves: it requires companies to make contaminated private sites safe, but leaves citizens and communities to bear the final cost.

ROSIGNANO SOLVAY / CANTABRIA / LA ROCHELLE - In Italy, Solvay’s Rosignano plant, operating since 1912, produces soda ash and high-purity hydrogen peroxide for the semiconductor industry. Decades of legally discharged limestone and gypsum residues created the site’s famous “white beaches”, turning ...

SYRACUSE – The strictest European migration policy ever came into force in June. Through the Return Regulation, the EU is expanding its cooperation with third countries even further. NGOs have long been witnessing the human impact of externalisation policies, whereby border controls are outsourced ...

BRUSSELS / SAMOS – How has violence at Europe’s external borders become normalised, and what institutional, political and psychological mechanisms perpetuate it?

BRUSSELS - The film Returnees follows migrants in Belgium who are preparing for voluntary return.

ATHENS / RAVENNA / VALENCIA - The European research project UnderSec links surveillance of the Greek port of Lavrio, Ravenna and Valencia to technologies "battle tested" by the Israel Defence Forces, amid a lack of transparency and the circumvention of environmental protection regulations.

TIMOSOARA / SZEGED - Industrial pig farms report clean environmental papers, but nearby residents complain of odours and pollution, while groundwater shows nitrate contamination, and monitoring relies on self-reported data.

TASHKENT / TERMZ / KABUL – The Taliban’s Qosh Tepa Canal is without a doubt a mega-project. It is being built in Afghanistan but will be fed by water from the Amu Darya – the region’s largest river, which lies on the border with Uzbekistan. For Uzbek farmers, this threatens to be a disaster. Europe ...

SKOPJE / VRANJE / BONN - This cross border investigation reveals a river system under severe and long term pressure, where local neglect, institutional weakness, and industrial malpractice converge into a single cross border environmental crisis.

CONAKRY / RABAT - Thanks to Chinese investments, the West African nation of Guinea is on track for annual economic growth of 10 percent. But Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah does not want the country to become too dependent on China and is also inviting Europe to invest. Morocco, too, is undergoing ...

ROME / MADRID / LONDON - In Italy, Spain and the UK, meat, eggs and dairy are increasingly produced by large corporations that use industrial farming methods and wield growing power over multibillion-euro supply chains. For animals, more industrial farming usually means more suffering.

HOTAZEL - Demand for manganese, a critical mineral for the green transition, has surged in recent years. But in South Africa’s Kalahari basin, home to the world’s largest reserves and a major direct supplier to Europe, mining is depleting and contaminating underground water sources that local ...

CATALONIA / MAURITIUS – Since China halted exports during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mauritius has become the world's leading exporter of long-tailed macaques for biomedical research, supplying close to half of all animals traded worldwide in 2024.

ULCINJ / CERVIA – Two salt marshes, two different environmental crises. A cross-border investigation combining satellite imagery, field reporting and environmental economics reveals the hidden costs of wetland degradation across Europe.

LEUVEN – Over the course of six episodes, the Wonderzoekers explore some major human themes: shame, language, beauty, imagination, homesickness and lying. In doing so, Palmers and Pierlet combine scientific insights with personal stories, humour and fiction.

NIŠ / PRISTINA - In the border regions between Kosovo and Serbia, illegal logging has evolved into a highly prevalent and complex issue, leaving visible damage that grows more apparent over time.

TULKARM - The Nitzanei Shalom industrial hub, built on Palestinian land in the mid-1980s, hosts Israeli factories. This investigation examines allegations that the hub is polluting the surrounding farmland, as well as its previously undocumented ties to European companies and markets.

ROME - From human rights violations and forced labour to frequent illegal fishing, squid fishing in international waters is one of the least transparent food supply chains in existence. However, Europe and the United States are becoming the main buyers of squid linked to human rights violations and ...

GHENT / UTRECHT - In Diary of an Assistance Dog, you’ll see and read the stories of human-dog teams. Through the eyes of the psychosocial assistance dog, you’ll see the challenges the owner faces and how they tackle them together.

GUAYAQUIL – As European demand for tropical shrimp surges, Ecuador has become the continent's leading supplier. However, this booming industry exacts a heavy toll on vital mangrove ecosystems and the coastal communities that rely on them for their livelihoods.

BROOKLYN – Amidst pastel colours, carefully styled product photos and phrases such as “made with love”, “authentic” and “sustainable”, the online marketplace Etsy promises an alternative to the anonymous mass production of fast fashion. It seems that anyone who shops here is not supporting a factory ...

KORTRIJK / WEVELGEM - The airport of Kortrijk-Wevelgem is the least well-known of the three regional airports in Flanders. It is considerably smaller than the airports in Antwerp and Ostend, particularly in terms of passenger numbers. Yet Kortrijk-Wevelgem is not spared from criticism either.

BRATISLAVA - Investigative center of Jan Kuciak in Slovakia has launched training programme to increase the capacity of Slovak journalists in environmental investigations.

BRUSSELS - Our Big Five is the compelling and surprising story of the most iconic inhabitants of our natural world. Our Big Five: the fox, red deer, wolf, seal, and lynx. Paul Cobbaert sets out in wonder to find these animals. He wants to know where they live, whether they’re endangered, and how ...

AMBETHAN - Europe’s “sustainable mobility transition” is contributing to India’s toxic problem. While the European Green Deal promises “zero-emission mobility by 2035”, the supply chain is creating permanent contamination zones in India.