Rhett Butler

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Our most-read conservation news stories in May 2020

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2020
Zebra in Rwanda. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

From crisis to solutions for communities and African conservation (commentary)

Dickson Kaelo, Daniel Sopia, Damian Bell, Richard Diggle, Fred Nelson 20 May 2020
Uncontacted indigenous group in the Amazon photographed by authorities with the Brazilian Indian affairs agency FUNAI. Photo by Gleison Miranda-FUNAI.

Amazon indigenous leader: Our survival is at stake. You can help (commentary)

Beto Marubo 12 May 2020
Yohanes Terang in his beloved forest. © Titayanto Pieter

Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang, 1956-2020

Erik Meijaard 11 May 2020
Artibeus phaeotis. Photo by Adrian Forsyth

In defense of bats in a COVID world (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 11 May 2020
Deforestation for soy in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2020
Mark Plotkin and Yaloefuh in Suriname in 1982. Courtesy of Mark Plotkin.

Everything you need to know about the Amazon rainforest: an interview with Mark Plotkin

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2020
Pangolin rescued from the wildlife trade in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Jane Goodall: COVID-19 is a product of our unhealthy relationship with animals and the environment (commentary)

Jane Goodall 4 May 2020

Our 20 top conservation and environmental science stories in April 2020

Mongabay.com 3 May 2020
Elephant in South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As wildlife tourism grounds to a halt, who will pay for the conservation of nature?

Johan Robinson 23 Apr 2020
Traditional fisherman catching an octopus in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo © Garth Cripps / Blue Ventures.

COVID underscores the urgency of holistic community-based approaches to conservation (commentary)

Alasdair Harris 22 Apr 2020
The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 21 Apr 2020
Blackwater lake, rainforest, and the whitewater Zacambu River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Bird’s eye view: Drone photos of the Amazon rainforest (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Apr 2020

Using satellites to alert an Amazonian indigenous community of coca encroachment (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Apr 2020
The Javari River where it forms the border between Peru and Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Despite COVID, Amazon deforestation races higher

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Apr 2020
Red howler monkey in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Will the next coronavirus come from Amazonia? Deforestation and the risk of infectious diseases (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 8 Apr 2020
Flooded forest along the Zacambu River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.com

Mongabay’s 20 most popular environmental stories for March 2020

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2020

Poachers kill two rare white giraffes

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2020
Emperor penguins in Antarctica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Our 15 most popular conservation stories for February 2020

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2020
Rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Jeff Bezos establishes $10 billion ‘Earth Fund’ to combat climate change

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2020
Google Earth image of fish-scale deforestation east of Caroebe, in the state of Roraima, Brazil in January 2020

Deforestation in Brazil continues torrid pace into 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Feb 2020
Wildlife in a market in Laos. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

The wildlife trade threatens people and animals alike (commentary)

David S. Wilcove 5 Feb 2020
West coast of the Big Island of Hawaii in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Mongabay’s 10 most popular stories for January 2020

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2020
Tommy Apriando from @tommyapriando on Instagram.

Indonesian investigative reporter and journalism advocate Tommy Apriando, 1989-2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2020
Attorney Parlin Hutabarat and Philip Jacobson at Palangkaraya's Tjilik Riwut Airport on January 31, 2019.

American journalist Philip Jacobson freed after prolonged detention in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2020
Pack of bush dogs caught on camera trap at San Miguelito, Bolivia.

Rare Amazon bush dogs caught on camera in Bolivia

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2020

Mongabay editor has now been detained 6 weeks in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2020
Pangolins rescued from wildlife traffickers. These individuals are at a rehabilitation center in Cambodia. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Conservationists welcome China’s wildlife trade ban

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jan 2020
Philip Jacobson shortly after his release from the Palangkaraya Class II detention center on January 24, 2020

Mongabay staffer Philip Jacobson released from jail, transferred to ‘city detention’

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2020
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL: Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rondônia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

For final months of 2019, Amazon deforestation hits highest level in at least 13 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2020
Coastline of the Big Island, Hawaii. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.

Pangolins top the charts while climate stories lag: Insights on our 2019 reporting (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jan 2020
The spider Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) and Chiasmocleis royi. Photo by Emanuele Biggi.

Our most popular nature and environment stories

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2020

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