Hugh Biggar

ABOUT THE WRITER

Hugh Biggar has worked as a reporter for print and online publications, as a consultant for international agencies including the United Nations Development Program and the U.S. Peace Corps, and as an advisor for the Roshan Learning Center for refugees in Jakarta, Indonesia. He earned an MA in public affairs journalism from Stanford University with additional coursework at Stanford’s school for International Policy Studies.

By this writer

Thousands of species are becoming increasingly endangered due to human activity, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List.

In the ‘Serengeti of Southeast Asia’, the Prey Lang smartphone app helps Indigenous communities in Cambodia expose and record illegal logging.

Scientists make call-to-action for a fire-smart future

This Earth Day, meet West Africa’s young eco-warrior

Norway to pay the country for its reduction in emissions

Indigenous and local communities need tenure to protect – and survive in – landscapes

Tony Rinaudo’s uses what lies beneath to turn drylands into forests

Focused efforts to decrease plastic waste

Annual GAP report says production must become more efficient

Risks to the Cuvette Centrale carbon sink

Vegetationmap4Africa app