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Anjan Sundaram

Freelance Writer

Anjan Sundaram is a journalist reporting on threats that environmental activists face around the world. He is a past recipient of the Reuters Environmental Journalism prize and a Frontline Club Award for his war correspondence in Central Africa in 2015. Sundaram graduated from Yale University and holds a PhD in journalism from the University of East Anglia in England.

Latest articles by Anjan Sundaram

Indigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies
Climate

In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.

By Anjan Sundaram