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 soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2008

Investing to save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2008

Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Mar 2008

Scientists mark 50th Anniversary of the Keeling Curve

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Mar 2008

Fire monitoring by satellite becomes key conservation tool

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2008

Markets could save forests: An interview with Dr. Tom Lovejoy

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Mar 2008

Perennial ice disappearing in the Arctic receives little attention from the media

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2008

Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2008

Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Mar 2008

Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Mar 2008

Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

Why Europe torpedoed the REDD forests-for-carbon credits initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2008

China’s tropical rainforests decline 67% in 30 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Mar 2008

Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Greenhouse gas emissions have already caused the Amazon to dry

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Complete map of world forests to help REDD carbon trading initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2008

Deforestation a greater threat to the Amazon than global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2008

Rainforest logging threatens endangered sea turtles

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2008

Is Guyana’s logging deal in its best interests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2008

Restoring soil carbon can reverse global warming, desertification and biodiversity loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Feb 2008

Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Global warming – not el Nino – drove severe Amazon drought in 2005

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2008

Fire policy is key to reducing the impact of drought on the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

Amazon riparian zones need to be expanded to protect wildlife finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

conservation strategies can mitigate the impact of global warming in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2008

10-pound ‘Giant Frog From Hell’ discovered in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2008

Warming could bring sharks to Antarctica with devastating ecological consequences

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2008

Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2008

Cheap ranch loans may be driving jump in Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2008

Biofuels are worsening global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Feb 2008

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