Rhett A. Butler

Rhett A. 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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Overcoming community-conservation conflict: Q&A with Dominique Bikaba

Rhett A. Butler 8 Jul 2021
Blackwater lake, rainforest, and the whitewater Zacambu River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

The conservation gains we’ve made are still fragile, says Aileen Lee of the Moore Foundation

Rhett A. Butler 1 Jul 2021
Wild dog. Photo credit: Niassa Carnivore Project NO RE-USE PERMITTED

Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation: Q&A with Colleen Begg

Rhett A. Butler 28 Jun 2021
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Amazon rainforest destruction is accelerating, shows government data

Rhett A. Butler 11 Jun 2021
The "Stop the Chop Protest" in Miri, Sarawak against Malaysian forestry company Samling in October 2020. Photo credit: The Borneo Project

‘Listening to communities must go beyond ticking compliance boxes’, says Peter Kallang, a Kenyah leader

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jun 2021
Heat spots in areas with Prodes (2017-2018) and Deter warnings, Novo Progresso, Pará state.

May deforestation in the Amazon hits 14-year high, with 4 days of data still to process

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jun 2021
Brett Jenks visits with Mabi, the clown fish mascot of a community Pride campaign in the Philippines in 2011. Photo credit: Rare

‘Inspiring behavior change so people and nature thrive’: Q&A with Rare’s Brett Jenks

Rhett A. Butler 1 Jun 2021

Graham Sibley leads new podcast celebrating endangered species

Rhett A. Butler 20 May 2021
African elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Photo credit: Gregoire Dubois

An engaged society is key for the future of African conservation, says WWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza

Rhett A. Butler 20 May 2021

Amazon palm oil has not lived up to its promise of sustainability (commentary)

Rhett A. Butler 20 May 2021
Paula with Floreana racer. Photo credit: Luis Ortiz Catedral

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

Rhett A. Butler 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 A. Butler 14 May 2021
Redwood trees in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000

Rhett A. Butler 12 May 2021
Road in Indonesian Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

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

Rhett A. Butler 5 May 2021

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

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

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

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

Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests

Aurora Solá, Rhett A. Butler 23 Apr 2021
Wild elephant in South Africa. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

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

Rhett A. Butler 23 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 A. 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 A. Butler 20 Apr 2021

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

Rhett A. Butler 14 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 A. 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 A. Butler 7 Apr 2021

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

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

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett A. Butler 31 Mar 2021
Photo credit: Sacred Earth Solar

Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Catalyzing an Indigenous-led just energy transition

Rhett A. Butler 22 Mar 2021
Remote river in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo credit: Microsoft Zoom Earth

For International Day of Forests, an update on rainforest developments

Rhett A. Butler 19 Mar 2021

Rewilding public lands in Patagonia and beyond: Q&A with Kris Tompkins

Rhett A. Butler 9 Mar 2021
Bernadette Demientieff at a protest.

“Our identity is non negotiable” says Gwich’in leader Bernadette Demientieff

Rhett A. Butler 8 Mar 2021
The border region between Bears Ears and Navajo Nation. Photo credit: NASA Landsat

Conservation would be more effective with more Indigenous leadership, says Patrick Gonzales-Rogers

Rhett A. Butler 4 Mar 2021

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