Monica Pelliccia

Italy

Freelance Multimedia Journalist at Freelance

Independent journalist writing on environment and social justice | Words and photos in @mongabay and others

Articles

Vincono una borsa di studio per raggiungere Siena ma rischiano la vita sotto le bombe a Gaza

1 week ago | altreconomia.it | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia

“Tutti i nostri sogni e il nostro futuro sono bloccati perché non abbiamo ottenuto il visto per lasciare la Striscia di Gaza”, scrive Zaina, 23 anni, studentessa di Amministrazione aziendale, via Whatsapp, nelle poche ore di connessione internet. Dopo diversi spostamenti tra il Nord e il Sud, la casa distrutta e gli ultimi mesi in tenda, è riuscita a tornare a vivere con la famiglia nella casa parzialmente intera di sua nonna, appena fuori Gaza.
Il “mare di nessuno” tra Pisa e Livorno. La biodiversità è a rischio

Dec 31, 2024 | altreconomia.it | Monica Pelliccia

L'albero di una barca a vela affondata emerge dalle acque del piccolo porto turistico di Marina di Pisa, dove sta partendo la barca di Marco (i nomi sono stati cambiati per garantire l’anonimato alle persone intervistate), pescatore amatoriale da oltre quarant’anni. Mette in moto la pilotina e si dirige verso il punto dove le acque marroni del fiume Arno incontrano l’azzurro del mare dell’arcipelago Toscano.
In Messico i Mondiali di calcio 2026 minacciano le persone e l’ambiente

Oct 31, 2024 | altreconomia.it | Monica Pelliccia

"La gente è affascinata dal calcio e non capisce che cosa c’è dietro”, dice Natalia Lara, giovane attivista che da un decennio si batte per difendere il diritto all’acqua. “I Mondiali sono una scusa per promuovere l’edilizia e per peggiorare la carenza idrica: qui più di 1.200 famiglie rimarranno senza acqua”. Natalia Lara vive a Città del Messico, a tre chilometri dallo stadio Atzeca, una delle strutture in cui si giocheranno i Mondiali del 2026.
In Mexico, Totonac spiritual guides work with scientists to revive ecosystems

Oct 7, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | Monica Pelliccia

Abuelos de Tajín, spiritual guides from Totonac communities in Mexico, say people are losing their traditional beliefs and ancestral knowledge as their connection with a fast-degrading environment rupture. Totonac spirituality is strongly connected to the surrounding ecosystem: Losing biodiversity can precipitate the decline of traditional beliefs, and this loss of traditional spirituality further ruptures values and duties to protect the ecosystem.
Meet the Mercaditas Fighting for Fairness in Mexico

Jul 15, 2024 | yesmagazine.org | Monica Pelliccia |Alice Pistolesi

Why you can trust us In a garden in the Metropolitan Autonomous University at Iztapalapa (UAM), one of Mexico City’s universities, Fernanda Meneses sells crochet sunflowers and tulips. A few steps away, Teresa Bernal sells vegan coffee and pastries. On the other side of Mexico City, beside a subway station, Alesh Flores sells secondhand glasses, Plumita displays punk necklaces, and Elizabeth Torres Barranco delivers secondhand clothes to customers who bought them online.
Semillas ancestrales: la apuesta de las comunidades zenúes contra el cambio climático en Colombia

Mar 25, 2024 | es.mongabay.com | Monica Pelliccia

En respuesta a las sequías y al aumento de la temperatura, los agricultores indígenas zenúes de Colombia intentan recuperar el cultivo de semillas tradicionales y los sistemas agroecológicos. Un sistema agrícola tradicional combina la agricultura con la pesca: los pobladores pescan durante la estación lluviosa cuando el nivel del agua es alto y, durante la estación seca, cultivan los suelos fértiles que deja el agua al retirarse.
Indigenous Zenù turn to ancestral seeds, agroecology to climate-proof their farming

Feb 6, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | Monica Pelliccia

In response to last year’s record-breaking heat and impacts from climate change, Indigenous Zenù farmers in Colombia are trying to revive the cultivation of traditional climate-resilient seeds and agroecology systems. One traditional farming system combines farming with fishing: locals fish during the rainy season when water levels are high, and farm during the dry season on the fertile soils left by the receding water.
The Tide Is High

Jan 28, 2024 | plough.com | Monica Pelliccia

The five hundred inhabitants of Punta Soldado, an island off the west coast of Colombia, have had to relocate their houses three times over the last thirty years thanks to rising sea levels. They have become accustomed to building their wooden houses on five-foot-high posts to protect them from flooding, and so that it’s easier to move them further inland. In the last decade they have lost over six hundred yards of shoreline and 198 acres of mangrove.
Ex-FARC members aim to restore 1 million native trees in the Colombian Amazon

Nov 6, 2023 | news.mongabay.com | Monica Pelliccia

Former fighters in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are working to restore the Colombian Amazon through a cooperative called Comuccom. Their goal, despite ongoing conflicts and danger, is to plant 1 million native trees to counteract deforestation from illegal mining, logging, ranching and coca cultivation.
Demining the Sahara

Aug 22, 2023 | plough.com | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia

A photo essay by Maria Novella De Luca with text by Alice Pistolesi and Monica PellicciaBegun in 2019, the Saharawi Mine Action Team (SMAWT) is an association of women engaged in demining activities along the Moroccan-built sand wall, or berm, that runs about 1,600 miles from Mauritania through Western Sahara to Morocco, and along Morocco’s border with Algeria. The territory remains the longest continuously mined area in the world, estimated to hold between seven and ten million landmines.