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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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

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

Can we save the bees? Absolutely. Let’s start with the native species (commentary)

Krystle Hickman 7 Oct 2021

A gendered approach to the illegal wildlife trade could engender an anti-trafficking revolution (commentary)

Lisa Arlbrandt, Nathalie Simomeau, Rob Parry-Jones, Tamara Leger 1 Oct 2021

For Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri women, agroforestry is an act of resistance and resilience

Monica Pelliccia 29 Sep 2021

Following coup, Myanmar’s Indigenous vow to protect forests ‘until the end of the world’ (commentary)

Esther Wah 27 Sep 2021

New Zealand developer denies key role in giant palm oil project in Indonesia

Bonnie Sumner, Melanie Reid 27 Sep 2021

For World Gorilla Day 2021, a conservation success story

Tara Stoinski 23 Sep 2021

Bridge the North-South divide for a UN Biodiversity Framework that is more just (commentary)

Subhankar Banerjee 23 Sep 2021

Shea trees are falling fast across Africa, victims of new pressures (commentary)

Larry Becker 22 Sep 2021

COP15 comment: Overlooked rice landscapes can boost biodiversity in Asia (commentary)

Alex Stuart, Oliver Frith 14 Sep 2021
The reefs of the Coral Triangle are immensely rich. Image by Jeff Britnell / Coral Reef Image Bank.

Can we stop calling it biodiversity? There’s no word for what we’re losing (commentary)

Katherine Snow 9 Sep 2021

Is it time to rethink jaguar recovery in the U.S.? (commentary)

Robert Peters, Sharon Wilcox 3 Sep 2021

Farmers regreen Kenya’s drylands with agroforestry and an app

David Njagi 26 Aug 2021

Keeling Curve Prize awarded to solar cooking and other climate change-reducing projects

Erik Hoffner 24 Aug 2021
Vietnam is now the top producer of robusta beans used in cheap and instant coffee blends, but it carries a huge cost for Vietnamese communities and forests. Image courtesy of Quinn Mattingly/Panos Pictures/Unfold Stories.

Deforestation-free supply chains in Vietnam rely on working with small scale farmers (commentary)

Phuc Xuan To 20 Aug 2021

On World Elephant Day (and every day) humans should stay away from wildlife (commentary)

Shermin de Silva 11 Aug 2021

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