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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Botanical gardens play key role in biodiversity & climate conventions (commentary)

Indigenous territories & peoples are key to achieving COP16’s 30×30 target (commentary)

Mongabay celebrates 25 years with Jane Goodall at sold out event

Act now or lose the Pantanal forever (commentary)

With Europe’s move to delay tropical forest protections, everything burns (commentary)

Poll shows voters agree next U.S. President must do more for wildlife and conservation (commentary)

Indigenous perspectives and a fossil fuel phaseout treaty featured at Climate Week

Hurricane Helene creates new hurdles for vulnerable species in southeastern US

In the battle against plastic pollution, Asia’s informal workers are critical allies (commentary)

High CO2 levels are greening the world’s drylands, but is that good news?

Social media influencers’ bad behavior with marine wildlife is risky for animals, too (commentary)

Indigenous communities can decide for themselves on carbon market risks (commentary)

At Climate Week and beyond, investing in community conservation pays big dividends (commentary)

Global ‘Slow Food’ movement embraces agroecology (commentary)

A future where we might ‘get climate right’: A conversation with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Community forest or corporate fortune? How public land became a mine in Cambodia

Why I quit the film industry to work on ecological restoration (commentary)

Record number of Indigenous land titles granted in Peru via innovative process (commentary)

Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)

How do ‘rights of nature’ and ‘legal personhood’ laws differ, and what’s their conservation potential?

Could the ‘rights of nature’ save Yasuní and keep its oil in the ground? (commentary)

How coastal communities are adapting to sea level rise with ‘living shorelines’

Biden-Harris Administration must strengthen position on plastic reduction treaty (commentary)

Biodiversity’s Tower of Babel: The confusion & disorientation of Convention on Biological Diversity Decision 15/9 (commentary)

As southern African freshwater fish & fisheries struggle, collaboration is key (commentary)

As bird flu outbreak kills myriad wildlife species, virologists eye threat to humans

The promise of ecocide law, from boardroom to courtroom (commentary)

National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan on why Indigenous peoples are the best conservationists

Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)

Rio’s grassroots agroforestry sustains birds, bees & communities

Indian bioacoustics researchers boost wildlife conservation with exciting animal insights

Resilient giants: How the world’s oldest trees stand tall against climate change (commentary)

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