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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‘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

Sumatran conservation solutions that empower kids, women and communities

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2021

Brazil must do more to protect its people, forests, and the planet (commentary)

Steve Trent 15 Mar 2021

Restoration for peat’s sake

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2021

The singing apes of Sumatra need rescuing, too (commentary)

Sinan Serhadli 3 Mar 2021

Where oh where are the Sumatran rhinos?

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2021

Teachers create lasting change for people and primates via clean cookstoves (commentary)

Corinne Kendall 10 Feb 2021

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

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