Rhett Butler

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Paula with Floreana racer. Photo credit: Luis Ortiz Catedral

DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galápagos Islands

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2021
EcoNusa's COVID-19 expedition. Photo credit: EcoNusa

Mongabay’s most popular stories in April 2021

Mongabay.com 17 May 2021
Tucabaca Wildlife Reserve in Roboré, Bolivia. Photo credit: Adro Molina

Rallying the public to save Bolivia’s forests: Q&A with Gina Méndez

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2021
Satellite image of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Image credit: Maxar Technologies

New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size

Mongabay.com 13 May 2021
Redwood trees in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 May 2021
Burning forest in Rondonia in 2020. Photo credit: Fabio Nascimento

Amazon deforestation jumps sharply in April

Mongabay.com 8 May 2021
Redwood trees in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Biden lays out vision for protecting 30% of US land, waters by 2030

Mongabay.com 6 May 2021

NRA Video: Conquering nature will never be the silver bullet (commentary)

Kate Dylewsky 6 May 2021
Road in Indonesian Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

‘I never give up’: Q&A with Chinese environmental lawyer Jingjing Zhang

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2021
Pangolin in Cambodia. Pangolins are among the most trafficked animals in the world. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

We can prevent the next pandemic (commentary)

Sonila Cook and Nigel Sizer 4 May 2021

“How do we manage fisheries in the midst of climate change?” Q&A with EDF’s Eric Schwaab

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 May 2021
Sphere panoramic photo of redwoods in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The Nature Conservancy’s Jennifer Morris is an ‘impatient optimist’

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2021
Sierra del Divisor. Photo credit: the Field Museum

We need more rewilding and connections to nature, says Enrique Ortiz

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Apr 2021
Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests

Aurora Solá, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2021

Fear not the bobcat (Commentary)

Mark Elbroch 23 Apr 2021
Wild elephant in South Africa. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Novelizing wildlife crime investigations: Q&A with author Bryan Christy

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2021
The Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Apr 2021

The birds of Zoom (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 22 Apr 2021
California redwoods. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Nature is no longer “a nice to have,” it’s “a must-have”: Q&A with André Hoffmann

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Apr 2021
Pair of zebra in Rwanda. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Apr 2021

Peru to establish rainforest reserve for isolated Indigenous peoples

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Apr 2021

Human impact on South America expanded by 60% since 1985

Mongabay.com 16 Apr 2021
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo.

Despite flaws, commodity eco-labels contribute to sustainability (commentary)

Matthias Diemer 14 Apr 2021

Recognizing the true guardians of the forest: Q&A with David Kaimowitz

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Apr 2021
Deforestation for palm oil production in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil, soy

Mongabay.com 13 Apr 2021
Layang Layang Atoll, Spratly Islands, South China Sea.

‘We’re at a tipping point with coal’: Q&A with Bloomberg’s Antha Williams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Apr 2021
Sophie, head of the pangolin working group of the CBCGDF, sampling a Chinese pangolin's oral and nasal secretions and skin surface tissues at the Jinhua Wildlife Rescue Center. After being cleared, the pangolin was released into the wild. CBCGDF was been working to protect pangolins since 2015. Photo credit: CBCGDF

Civil society’s push to advance conservation in China: Q&A with Jinfeng Zhou

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Apr 2021
Yanomami community in northern Brazil saying ‘Go away, mining companies’. Image credit: Victor Moriyama/ISA.

Mongabay’s most popular articles in March 2021

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2021

“Activism gives you hope”: Q&A with Wallace Global Fund’s Ellen Dorsey

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Apr 2021
Eliza, a Haruku Kewang, is helping protect a local population of gosong birds. Photo credit: EcoNusa/Victor Fidelis

Helping Papuans protect Indonesia’s last frontier: Q&A with Bustar Maitar

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Apr 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2021

A new environmental education site for kids

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2021

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Yo Yaj at Songkhla Lake, Thailand
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