Erik Hoffner

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Erik is a photojournalist, editor, and award-winning podcast producer for Mongabay. Find his latest thoughts posted on Bluesky and see more of his writing and fine art photography via Instagram at @erikhoffner.

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Blackwater lake in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Earth Day in the coronavirus era: Can resilience thinking provide a way forward? (commentary)

Elizabeth Grennan Browning and IU Research Fellows 20 Apr 2020

Tribute to Garth Owen-Smith, African conservationist (commentary)

Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation 18 Apr 2020

Positive ways forward for chocolate industry tainted by deforestation and child labor (commentary)

Marianne Martinet 15 Apr 2020

80 percent of conservation careers negatively affected by COVID pandemic (commentary)

Kristi Foster 9 Apr 2020

Hanging with Romi: Get to know our camera trap expert and host of Candid Animal Cam

Erik Hoffner 8 Apr 2020

Kenya, conservation and music: Q&A with singer Barbara Guantai

David Njagi 6 Apr 2020

In Kenya, the indigenous music of Afro Simba promotes environmental stewardship and peace

David Njagi 25 Mar 2020

‘Just incredible’ reptiles and amphibians of South Africa: Q&A with Tyrone Ping

Erik Hoffner 16 Mar 2020

Conservation nation: How Palau protects its reefs and waters (commentary)

Ed Warner 6 Mar 2020

Young farmers apply ancient agroforestry practices in the heart of Sardinia

Monica Pelliccia 29 Jan 2020
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

From scorpion skewers to cricket flour, bug protein is becoming big business

Michael Tatarski 3 Jan 2020

2020 ballot initiative would restore wolves to Colorado

Erik Hoffner 20 Dec 2019

Microplastics may be a macro problem for the U.S. Great Plains, too, study finds

Megan Stannard 18 Dec 2019

Europe’s ‘ruthless’ animal attractions: Q & A with filmmaker Aaron Gekoski

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2019

Agroforestry program in Appalachia receives $590,000 in federal funding

Erik Hoffner 21 Nov 2019

Democratic values that protected Indonesian rainforests now need saving, too

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 6 Nov 2019

$85 million initiative to scale up agroforestry in Africa announced

Erik Hoffner 24 Oct 2019

Video: Pango-Cam offers amazing and unique view of pangolin behavior

Erik Hoffner 16 Sep 2019

New detection devices could record microplastic pollution levels in real time

Erik Hoffner 11 Sep 2019

Chilean band Newen Afrobeat sings of a future it hopes to see

Erik Hoffner 10 Sep 2019

Into the abyss with deep sea biologist Diva Amon

Erik Hoffner 9 Sep 2019

Asian otters gain protection from the pet trade

Erik Hoffner 6 Sep 2019

Top Mongabay beach reads for the ‘dog days’ of summer

Erik Hoffner 30 Jul 2019

Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare as once thought

Nina Finley 23 Jul 2019

Agroforestry: An ancient ‘indigenous technology’ with wide modern appeal (commentary)

Erik Hoffner 15 Jul 2019

Snowy owl summer: Raptor rehabilitation center releases Arctic visitor

Erik Hoffner 10 Jul 2019

In India’s Sundarbans, communities shrink as their island sinks

Erin Stone, Lisa Hornak 1 Jul 2019

Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution

Ashley Stumvoll 18 Jun 2019

Long-term ecological research threatened by short-term thinking

Taran Volckhausen 3 Jun 2019

Otter cafés and ‘cute pets craze’ fuel illegal trafficking in Japan and Indonesia

Erik Hoffner 28 May 2019

Laurel Chor on photojournalism and Hong Kong’s ‘incredible biodiversity’

Erik Hoffner 22 May 2019

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