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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Omens and optimism for Sumatran orangutans

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2021

The climate crisis needs feminism (commentary)

Belguun Bat-Erdene 1 Feb 2021
Cesar, a Matses shaman. Photo courtesy of Acaté.

Investment in Indigenous peoples’ knowledge can drive their economic growth (commentary)

Tatiana Botelho 26 Jan 2021

With just 10 years left to save Sumatran elephants, what can be done now?

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2021

Nature-based solutions needed to enhance climate resilience in Southeast Asia (commentary)

John Leo Algo 19 Jan 2021

Indigenous agroforestry revives profitable palm trees and the Atlantic Forest

Xavier Bartaburu 13 Jan 2021

For Sumatran elephant conservation, involvement of local people is key (commentary)

Roderick T.J. Buiskool 5 Jan 2021

Sighting of super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’

Milan Sime Martinic 21 Dec 2020

To fund biodiversity conservation, redirect subsidies from these three industries (commentary)

Michelle Chong 17 Dec 2020

Tiger on the highway

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2020
Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

It’s time to redefine business to save the planet (commentary)

Clare Dubois 11 Dec 2020
Wooded landscape in Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia. Image courtesy of Ireen Trummer via Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0.

EU renewable energy policy subsidizes surge in logging of Estonia’s protected areas (commentary)

Siim Kuresoo 7 Dec 2020

Will a newly discovered ape species face a dammed future?

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2020

Reforestation projects should include tree diversity targets, too (commentary)

Andrew Whitworth 2 Dec 2020

Indigenous leader who fought for communities and conservation mourned in Peru

Anna-Catherine Brigida 25 Nov 2020

Sumatra’s deforestation demystified

Mongabay.com 18 Nov 2020

Without planting more trees in the tropics, we can’t fix the climate (commentary)

Edward Mitchard 18 Nov 2020
Blackwater oxbow lake in the Amazon. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

One Health: A necessary blend of biodiversity and human health goals (commentary)

Annie Mark 16 Nov 2020

Conservation must be primary goal of great ape tourism, despite COVID-driven recessions (commentary)

Trang Chu Minh 12 Nov 2020

A new conservation project is created in Costa Rica thanks to COVID-19

Milan Sime Martinic 9 Nov 2020

Saving the singing rhino

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2020

David Attenborough’s ‘witness statement’ for the planet (commentary)

Matt Hayward 27 Oct 2020

Mongabay explores Sumatra, a land like no other

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2020

Gorongosa National Park is being reforested via coffee and agroforestry

Erik Hoffner 15 Oct 2020

Diary of a top environmental journalist and bad traveler: Q&A with Jeremy Hance

Erik Hoffner 6 Oct 2020

In Sumatra, forest edge communities must be at the center of conservation efforts (commentary)

Roderick T.J. Buiskool 30 Sep 2020

Biologists warn ‘extinction denial’ is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory

Mike Shanahan 14 Sep 2020

No, ‘regenerative ranching’ is not good for grassland birds (commentary)

Jennifer Molidor 8 Sep 2020

Protecting African wildlife: A defense of conservation territories (commentary)

Leif Brottem 27 Aug 2020

Rescuing Achilles: Southern pig-tailed macaques listed as endangered but still persecuted (commentary)

Sinan Serhadli 24 Aug 2020

New road cutting into Manu Biosphere Reserve in Peruvian Amazon sparks debate, fears and a film

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2020
A grizzly bear cub in Montana. Creative Commons licensed photo by Marshal Hedin.

In the fight against biodiversity loss, connectivity is key (commentary)

Jodi Hilty 12 Aug 2020

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