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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New report provides road map for expanding chestnut agroforestry in the U.S.

Sarah Derouin 30 Jul 2021

Spanish farmers fight forest fires with agroforestry (and many sheep)

Monica Pelliccia 29 Jul 2021

Huge wildlife corridor in Belize sees progress, boosting hope for jaguars and more (commentary)

James Krupa 26 Jul 2021

Great Barrier Reef in danger: Don’t fight the diagnosis, fight the threats (commentary)

John Tanzer 21 Jul 2021

Javan leopards, the dwindling ‘guardians’ of Java’s forests

Erik Hoffner 19 Jul 2021
Reindeer calf at Lake Inari in northern Finland, image courtesy of Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace

Nine principles for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (commentary)

Cara Nelson, Jim Hallett 15 Jul 2021

Amid historic heat, a climate scientist’s mountain love story (commentary)

Heidi Steltzer 5 Jul 2021
rubber agroforestry

Climate, biodiversity & farmers benefit from rubber agroforestry: report

Erik Hoffner 29 Jun 2021

Not all rescued animals should be released back to the wild (commentary)

Gregg Tully 24 Jun 2021

Do we love elephants enough to let them live free? (commentary)

Merrill Sapp 22 Jun 2021

Will Nevada support renewable energy vs biodiversity & Indigenous rights? (commentary)

Max Wilbert 17 Jun 2021

Can the Japanese seafood industry reconcile their finances with nature?

François Mosnier 15 Jun 2021
Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustic device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.

Big bioacoustics boost: Cornell University program receives $24 million donation

Erik Hoffner 10 Jun 2021

In Gabon, a new partnership protects sharks and rays

Gaspard Abitsi, Godefroy De Bruyne, Luke Warwick 8 Jun 2021

A buffer zone for Thailand, last great hope for wildlife in Southeast Asia (commentary)

Gregory McCann 7 Jun 2021

In Pennsylvania, agroforestry holds a key to cleaning up waterways and Chesapeake Bay

Sarah Derouin 27 May 2021

What stops the rubber industry from being sustainable? (commentary)

Stefano Savi 26 May 2021

Belize’s Maya Forest Corridor a ‘missing link’ to giant rainforest reserve (commentary)

Jut Wynne 24 May 2021
Documentation of landcover and oil palm plantation development in PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera (PT IJS), part of the Central Cipta Murdaya group, in April 2018. Photo credit: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

As illegal forest conversion for industrial ag worsens, this moment is pivotal (commentary)

Sam Lawson 20 May 2021
Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

The Pope, a prince and a judge walk into a bar…to argue for nature’s rights (commentary)

Mari Margil 19 May 2021

To save chocolate’s future, ‘start now and go big’ on agroforestry

Cathy Watson 17 May 2021
Lioness in Tanzania. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Keeping animals wild vs ‘safe’ should be prioritized, lion biologists argue (commentary)

Pride Lion Conservation Alliance 14 May 2021
Planted mangrove seedlings. Image by Irwandi wancaleu via Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0)

The climate crisis solutions we need are already here (commentary)

Steve Trent 10 May 2021

With baby animals, patience pays: Photographer describes new book of intimate portraits

Erik Hoffner 3 May 2021

Criticizing Brazil over Amazon conservation will likely backfire (commentary)

Andrea Garcia, Gustavo Macedo 3 May 2021

Nuts about agroforestry in the U.S. Midwest: Can hazelnuts transform farming?

Sarah Derouin 28 Apr 2021

Countries can transform the climate crisis with ocean-based action (commentary)

Waldemar Coutts 19 Apr 2021

The world needs a food movement based on agroecology and equity (commentary)

Pat Mooney 12 Apr 2021

Reveling in complexity: Remembering a man who ‘truly lived’ conservation (commentary)

Gregory McCann 7 Apr 2021

Can palm oil be grown sustainably? Agroforestry research suggests it can, and without chemicals

Erik Hoffner 31 Mar 2021
The Javari River where it forms the border between Peru and Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Rivers can be climate change solutions, too (commentary)

Michele Thieme 30 Mar 2021

‘Like losing half the territory.’ Waorani struggle with loss of elder, and of land to oil (commentary)

Danilo Borja, Juan Bay, Conny Davidsen 23 Mar 2021

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