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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Greek conservationists collaborate to protect endemic species in face of climate change

Evan Bourtis 8 Mar 2022

New IPCC climate report stresses Indigenous & local land rights 58 times: let’s respond with a concrete tenure plan (commentary)

Anna Locke, Malcolm Childress 3 Mar 2022

The Trans-Papua Highway could lose billions and deforest millions of hectares

Mike DiGirolamo 2 Mar 2022

To save the oceans, we need MPAs that emphasize actual protection of marine ecosystems (commentary)

Enric Sala 1 Mar 2022
Captive tiger

Will the U.S. Congress act to regulate big cats kept in captivity? (commentary)

Monique Sosnowski, Sarika Khanwilkar 24 Feb 2022

Ten unexpected edibles from our oceans

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Feb 2022

Protecting New Guinea’s forests with birds-of-paradise and ecotourism

Mike DiGirolamo 16 Feb 2022
Adult male gharial. Image by Charles J Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)

Zach Fitzner 16 Feb 2022

Jordan scrambles to save rare Red Sea corals that can withstand climate change

Marta Vidal 14 Feb 2022
Elephants in Namibia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans (commentary)

Dr Malan Lindeque, Gail Thomson, Hilma Angula, Kenneth /Uiseb, Rosalia Iileka 11 Feb 2022

Is a European proposal on imported deforestation too punitive? (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 9 Feb 2022

‘Carbon cowboys’ and illegal logging

Mike DiGirolamo 1 Feb 2022

For the Year of the Tiger, a shared vision for the future of the iconic cat (commentary)

Coalition for Securing a Viable Future for the Tiger 31 Jan 2022

COP27 must deliver climate finance where it is needed most (commentary)

Jack Stuart, Sally Yozell, Valentine Ochanda 20 Jan 2022

For pharmaceuticals fouling wastewater and wildlife, solutions exist (commentary)

Cate Twining-Ward, Colin Chapman 18 Jan 2022
A whale shark in Mexico. Image by MarAlliance2018 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos (commentary)

President Guillermo Lasso 13 Jan 2022
Native potato biodiversity. The Andes are the birthplace of the potato. More than 3,500 varieties grow in Peru alone. Photo courtesy of Rene Gomez/International Potato Center.

On agrobiodiversity, the Andes can teach the world much about crop conservation (commentary)

Barbara Wells 12 Jan 2022

Can a new wave of climate fiction inspire climate action? (commentary)

Ryan Mizzen 16 Dec 2021
rubber agroforestry

A ‘probiotic’ approach to agriculture is better for people and planet (commentary)

Fabrice DeClerck 10 Dec 2021
TNC scientist Eddie Game checks an acoustic recorder in Papua New Guinea. Photo © Justine E. Hausheer / The Nature Conservancy

Collaboration is key to scaling conservation technologies (commentary)

Jonathan Palmer 7 Dec 2021
Zuzana Burivalova. Photo credit: Tobias Corts

Bioacoustics researcher wins top award for positive impact toward solving global challenges

Erik Hoffner 2 Dec 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)

Cynthia Clare Ong Gaik Suan 1 Dec 2021

In search of Taiwan’s lost clouded leopards, anthropology uncovers more than camera traps (commentary)

Yu Shih-Hsuan 23 Nov 2021

How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)

Josephine Chambers, Kate Massarella, Robert Fletcher 18 Nov 2021
Bison affect plant growth, nutrient cycling, and fire dynamics through their grazing. Image courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society.

For Bison Day 2021, conservation and reconciliation through buffalo eyes (commentary)

Cristina Mormorunni, Shelly R. Fyant 5 Nov 2021
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

COP26 deforestation-ending commitment must hold leaders accountable (commentary)

Steve Trent 3 Nov 2021

World Lemur Day celebrated in Madagascar with new postage stamps

Erik Hoffner 29 Oct 2021

It’s time for Brazil to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (commentary)

Athayde Motta, Miles Litvinoff 29 Oct 2021
Wooded landscape in Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia. Image courtesy of Ireen Trummer via Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0.

Can we stop calling it ‘forest bathing’ now? Please, just get outside. (commentary)

Hannah Fries 22 Oct 2021

With Bachman’s warbler and others added to the ‘extinct’ list, we must support biodiversity agreements (commentary)

Christoph Irmscher 20 Oct 2021

Mangrove photo contest winners reveal majesty of these coastal forests

Erik Hoffner 18 Oct 2021

Forests falling for cashew monocultures: A ‘repeated mistake’ in Côte d’Ivoire (commentary)

Cathy Watson 13 Oct 2021

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