Mongabay

Article summary

Mongabay (mongabay.com) is an American conservation news web portal that reports on environmental science, energy, and green design, and features extensive information on tropical rainforests, including pictures and deforestation statistics for countries of the world. It was founded in 1999 by economist Rhett Ayers Butler in order to increase "interest in and appreciation of wildlands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging local and global trends in technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development". In recent years, to complement its US-based team, Mongabay has opened bureaus in Indonesia, Latin America, and India, reporting daily in Indonesian, Spanish and English respectively. Mongabay's reporting is available in nine languages.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of foundation: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 2016 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of foundation is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the publication date is "2016". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363239421