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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Wood chemistry used to track origin of timber

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2008

Arctic sea ice fell to the lowest volume on record in 2008

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2008

Tool helps overcome miles-per-gallon illusion

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2008

Computer hackers are helping illegal loggers destroy the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2008

Lula pledges big cuts in Amazon deforestation — after he leaves office

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2008

Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

Deal on forests falls short

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2008

Africa calls for “full-range” of bio-carbon as climate solution

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2008

Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2008

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2008

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2008

Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2008

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Dec 2008

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Coral reefs and mangroves worth $395-559 M per year in Belize

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2008

How to Save Snow Leopards

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2008

Armageddon for amphibians? Frog-killing disease jumps Panama Canal

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2008

Forest corridors key to maintaining biodiversity in fragmented landscape

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2008

An interview with ringtailed lemur expert Alison Jolly

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2008

Cheetah population stabilizes in Namibia with support from farmers

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Oct 2008

Cheetah population declines 90% in 100 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2008

‘Snow leopard’ of the Andes is one of the world’s most endangered cats

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2008

Painted Dog population falls 99%, but community efforts could save species

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2008

“Punk-rock” monkey and handbags made from recycled trash inspire conservation in Colombia

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2008

Logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2008

Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and conflict

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2008

Group takes ‘venture capital’ approach to conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Sep 2008

Prince Charles says hedge funds could save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Sep 2008

Old growth forests are giant carbon sinks, helping offset emissions

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Sep 2008

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Black-flanked Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) in Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, Australia. The Australian Government has classed this wallaby as endangered under the EPBC Act. Image by Dsyzdek (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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