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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Photographer Jonathan Bachman was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for capturing a photograph of Ieshia Evans being arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was Ieshia Evans first protest, and Bachman’s first time covering one. The photo was included in The New York Times’ “The Year in Pictures 2016,” among other honors. jonathan bachman / reuters. Shepard Fairey—a prolific artist and activist who often addresses social and political issues in his work—was invited by the authors of ‘Protest’ to interpret Bachman’s photograph for the book. Image credit to Shepard Fairey. Image Courtesy of Patagonia Books.

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Biodiesel demand could destroy world’s forests

Fires rage in Amazon rainforest park

Environmentalists and palm oil producers should work together

Tree resprouting offers hope in former pastures of Brazil’s cerrado

Can remittances and globalization help the environment?

Peru’s deforestation rate surged in 2005

How private equity can profit from carbon offsets in Indonesia

NGOs should use palm oil to drive conservation

Indonesia’s peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets

European blood-sucker falls victim to global warming

Biofuels driving destruction of Brazilian cerrado

Could a hurricane hit California?

Legless lizard retracts eyes to avoid retaliatory prey bites

Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls 29% for 2007

Global warming to stunt growth of rainforest trees

Climate change claims a snail

Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record

Afghanistan’s recovery effort drives poaching of rare wildlife

In Alaska, fishing industry drives marine conservation

Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations?

Inflatable concentrators may cut cost of solar below conventional power plants

How to save the world’s oceans from overfishing

Mangroves more threatened than rainforests

450 years of Amazon research reviewed

UNESCO lists rainforest parks of Madagascar as Heritage sites

Forest disturbance reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest

Rare and mysterious forests of Sulawesi 80% gone

Sedentary, not migratory birds, face higher extinction risk

Leading Amazon biologist imprisoned in Brazil; witch-hunt suspected

Google will put $10M towards plug-in hybrid cars

Coffee plantations may preserve tropical bird species

U.S. bird populations plummet

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