Rhett Ayers Butler

Rhett Ayers Butler

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Rhett Butler is the founder and CEO of Mongabay.

Rhett founded Mongabay out of his passion for wildlife and wild places.

He has traveled widely in the tropics and enjoys photography, hiking, and scuba-diving.

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Amazon river ecosystems being rapidly degraded, but remain neglected by conservation efforts

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

China’s forest privatization move threatens pandas

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

Carbon release, storage by rainforests may increase by 50b tons for each degree of climate warming in the tropics

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

Amphibian, tapir paradise in Honduras being ravaged by illegal deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2013

The beginning of the end of deforestation in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Feb 2013

Rate of tree die-off in Amazon higher than conventionally believed

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Feb 2013

Loans tied to environmental compliance reduced Amazon deforestation by 15%

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jan 2013

Killer kittens: U.S. cats kill up to 25 billion birds and small mammals per year

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jan 2013

Religion, Chinese government drive global elephant slaughter

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jan 2013

Getting intimate with a giant, yet poorly known flightless bird: the cassowary

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2013

From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2013

Can ranchers co-exist with jaguars?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2013

Bureaucratic reform plays a part in reducing deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2013

The secret to the surging popularity of sloths: viral Web videos

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2013

Photo: Subterranean ‘Moby Dick’ mermaid lizard discovered in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2013

Saving manta rays from the fin trade

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2013

Saving the Arabian leopard, the world’s smallest leopard

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jan 2013

Diverse forestry stands better than monocultures, finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jan 2013

Colombia to double the size of massive Amazon reserve to include uncontacted tribes’ land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

Dead tigers, dead people: logging by paper industry worsens human-tiger conflict in Sumatra, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

Photos: the top new species discoveries in 2012

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2012

Paper giant breaks pledge to end rainforest logging in Sumatra, says group

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2012

Happy Holidays from Mongabay

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Dec 2012

Amazon rainforest failing to recover after droughts

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Dec 2012

Best of 2012 – Colorful tiger beetle in Java

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2012

Best of 2012 – Voracious insect-killing machine in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2012

Best of 2012 – Borneo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2012

Best of 2012 – Where rainforest meets the sea in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2012

Best of 2012 – Conversion of lowland rainforest in Borneo for palm oil production

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2012

Best of 2012 – Draco lizard hanging on a twig

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2012

Congo ranger ambushed and killed defending wildlife

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2012

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White rhyolite spires on the shores of Jodogahama Beach in Miyako, Japan. Iwate prefecture. These spires are estimated to be around 45 million years old, and form a natural version of a Japanese garden. This beach is part of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park. It was incorporated into this national park as a reconstruction effort following the Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. Photo by Mike DiGirolamo/Mongabay.
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