Profile
Writer, photographer and filmmaker, Rod often reports in Asia, drawing attention to critical environmental and human-rights issues. From deforestation in Borneo, to mining protests by Cambodian fisherfolk, his stories and investigations have appeared in books, documentaries and hundreds of high-profile academic and media titles.
Long engaged in climate change, forest, Indigenous rights and biodiversity issues, he has a record of working with non-profit, academic and media organisations and has a Masters degree in Environment and Development. He led the Environment and Climate Change Programmes at Panos London, was founder of the Climate Change Media Partnership, and editor of seven magazines and academic journals.
His 2014 documentary, ‘Defenders of the Spirit Forest’ explores efforts by Cambodian people to defend the last forests in the country. It premiered at Glasgow’s Document international Human Rights film festival.
Agencies representing his photography, ZumaPress and Polaris Images, carry his news and feature stories. He shares his expertise through freelance and consultancy work.
You can keep up with his work by checking this website for updates, and on socials:
Instagram: @RodHarbinson
Facebook: @RodHarbinsonPhoto
Please do get in touch through the contact page, or write a comment, if you would like to follow-up about anything on the site, such as using material, or to discuss collaboration or commissions.
Published content
All About Photo, LF Magazine, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, The Independent, The Guardian, The Observer, The Ecologist, The Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Daily Mirror, Mongabay, The Bangkok Post, Geographical magazine, New Internationalist magazine, The Big Issue, The Sunday Times, Green Magazine, Yahoo news, MSN News, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, BBC Wildlife magazine, The Face, The Land magazine, The Associated Press, Reuters, AFP – Agence France Presse, DPA – German Press Agency, EFE – Spanish Press Agency, Corbis, Alamy, Polaris Images, ZumaPress, Demotix, Panos Pictures, Greenpeace Media, The United Nations, Friends of the Earth International, Friends of the Earth UK, Milieu Defensie, BankTrack, Panos London, Oxfam, Greenpeace International, Global Witness, The Refugee Council, Drill or Drop, Mining Communications, ECA Watch, UN-REDD, The New Economics Foundation, The Biotechnology and Development Monitor, Corporate Europe Observatory, Centre for International Forestry Research, Green Pepper magazine, Seedling magazine, The Verge magazine, Seedlinks magazine, Lajmetari magazine, Climate Change Media Partnership, The Prague Post, Energy Voice, Films for Action, Green Pepper magazine, Truth Out, Cultural Survival, Centre for Technology in Agriculture, Drill or Drop, Rainforest-Rescue, Earthfirst journal, Eco-business, The Wire, SciDevNet, La Region, Notimerica, Lemans, T-Online, East Asia Forum, Kirche-und-Leben, DerStandard, Svenska Dagladet, Gea.de, Ruhr24.