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 via @erikhoffner on both platforms.

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British plastic packaging and other waste soils the countryside as far away as Turkey (pictured). Image by Caner Ozkan via Greenpeace Media Library.

Is waste crime ‘the new narcotics’ in the U.K.? Into the Wasteland, part 2

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2022
Caribou, a vital food source for Indigenous peoples in Canada, is already a threatened species. Climate change is predicted to drive a further decline in their numbers and range. The peatlands are a favored habitat for these animals and help them escape from wolves, which find it hard to navigate in the swampy peatlands. Image by Bauer, Erwin and Peggy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Will the world join Indigenous peoples in relationship with nature at COP-15? (commentary)

Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, Valérie Courtois 9 Dec 2022
High tide flooding in downtown Miami. The useful life of roads and other infrastructure is shortened dramatically by repeated saltwater inundation. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Will FTX’s demise shift sinking Miami’s crypto embrace? (commentary)

Nikolas Kozloff 8 Dec 2022
A mountain of UK plastic waste near Wespack Recycling Factory in Malaysia, via Greenpeace Media Library.

True eco-crime in the U.K., ‘Into the Wasteland’

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2022
“Dreamlife of Mangroves” by Melodi Roberts of the United States was a runner up in the annual Mangrove Photography Awards.

Mangrove photo contest winners reveal majesty & diversity of coastal forests

Erik Hoffner 5 Dec 2022
Oceanic white tip shark. Image courtesy of Mark Royer, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

How reporters uncovered a massive illegal shark finning operation

Mike Gaworecki 1 Dec 2022
Logging operation in Sweden for paper products and biomass energy. Image courtesy of Marcus Westberg.

EU’s winter energy crisis intensifies pressure on forests (commentary)

Martin Pigeon 1 Dec 2022
Yellow eared parrot, (Ognorhynchus icterotis) photographed in Jardin, Antioquia, Colombia. Image by Félix Uribe via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Biodiversity credit market must learn from carbon offset mistakes (commentary)

Francisco Benedito, Mariana Sarmiento 30 Nov 2022
Image via ‘Young female fighters in African wars: conflict and its consequences’ by Chris Coulter, Mariam Persson and Mats Utas / Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2008 via Matchnox Media Collection (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Environmental peacebuilding must pay more attention to armed groups (commentary)

Judith Verweijen 29 Nov 2022
The doll orchid is threatened due to extensive collection for the ornamental plant trade. Image courtesy of Bhathiya Gopallawa.

Whether humans can survive climate change is the wrong question (commentary)

John Reid 17 Nov 2022
The writhed hornbill, a Philippines endemic species. Image by Olaf Oliviero Riemer via Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Escape into nature’s soundscapes

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2022
Neddy Mulimo. Image courtesy of Sarah Marshall.

Support rangers to protect wildlife & habitats for the future (commentary)

Neddy Mulimo 14 Nov 2022
A smart meter. Image courtesy of the UK office of Energy and Climate Change.

Let’s use smart tech solutions to deal with climate change, too (commentary)

Ariel Stern 10 Nov 2022
Kelp. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Can seaweed cultivation help fix the climate crisis? (commentary)

Dr. David Koweek, Dr. Jim Barry 7 Nov 2022
Rosewood logs. Image courtesy of Environmental Investigation Agency.

Will CITES finally act to protect rosewood this month? (commentary)

Mark Roberts 4 Nov 2022
Old growth forest in Washington State. Image by Udo S via Flickr.

How the Indigenous Shuar regained their ancestral forest

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2022
Shoebills are one of the endangered species that rely on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Image by Emilie Chen via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

East Africa should promote renewable energy, not oil pipelines (commentary)

Dickens Kamugisha 1 Nov 2022
A handful of hazelnuts harvested by Nutwood Farm co-owner Kalyan Uprichard. Photo by Erik Hoffner for Mongabay.

American agroforestry accelerates with new funding announcements

Erik Hoffner 31 Oct 2022
A member of the Bhimeshwori Sustainable Farming Group at her agroforestry farm in Kavre, Nepal. Image by Abhaya Raj Josh / Mongabay.

EU’s anti-deforestation trade rule should be more women-friendly (commentary)

Simone Lovera 26 Oct 2022
Adelie penguins hunting the Southern Ocean. Image courtesy of John Weller.

To protect the Southern Ocean, leaders must act now (commentary)

Dona Bertarelli 24 Oct 2022
The Gabonese and Congolese forests help to create the rainfall in the Sahel. Image by Axel Rouvin via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Tracking the moves of Asian forestry companies in Central Africa (analysis)

Alain Karsenty 21 Oct 2022
The biodiversity of Balkan rivers is now becoming more widely known, and also their beauty, such as Kravice Waterfall in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo by Goran Safarek in 2014 for Riverwatch/EuroNatur.

Science that saves free-flowing rivers & rich biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 19 Oct 2022
A dugong (Dugong dugong) feeding on seagrass in Egypt. Image by Julien Willem via Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

‘Critically endangered’ listing for East African dugong population is needed (commentary)

Evan Trotzuk 12 Oct 2022

‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts

Mike DiGirolamo 5 Oct 2022
Protestors with signs protesting EACOP, ReconAfrica projects. Image courtesy 350.org

‘Disclose the deal,’ East Africa pipeline opponents say (commentary)

Robert Tumwesigye Baganda 5 Oct 2022
Endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). Image courtesy of Kimberly Fraser/USFWS.

Will the Uinta Basin Railway derail U.S. climate change efforts? (commentary)

Sammy Herdman 3 Oct 2022
The proposed plan is to first mine Sugar Valley Hill on the south side of the Coastal Road, then progress northwest. Image courtesy of James Krupa for Mongabay.

In Belize, a proposed limestone mine threatens conservation legacy (commentary)

James Krupa 28 Sep 2022
Adult harpy eagle image courtesy of Tom Ambrose.

Harpy eagle’s return to Costa Rica means rewilding’s time has come (commentary)

Andrew Whitworth 27 Sep 2022
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Mongabay founder wins prestigious 2022 Heinz Award for the Environment

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2022
Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Could Brazil’s election decide the fate of the Amazon?

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Sep 2022
Elias Saker inspects wheat. Image by Marta Vidal for Mongabay.

Lebanese research preserves heat-adapted seeds to feed a warming world

Marta Vidal 20 Sep 2022
Earth. Image courtesy of NASA.

Why is there no Planet B? (commentary)

A.E. Nicholson, R.D. Haywood 20 Sep 2022

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Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.
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