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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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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Indonesia seeks to increase deforestation rate, already world’s highest

Congo cancels logging contracts

Could global deforestation fight climate change?

Indonesia and Australia sign deforestation pact

Maize cultivated at least 7,300 years ago in Mexico

Man swims entire length of Amazon river

Climate change could turn Southwest into ‘Dustbowl’

Palm oil doesn’t have to be bad for the environment

2007 hurricane season will be ‘very active’ but not due to global warming

Wildlife conservation plan moves forward in southern Sudan

Protected areas must be adapted to survive global warming

Chernobyl birds prefer to breed in sites with low radioactivity

Cane toads to invade 2 million square kilometers of Australia

Congo forest elephants declining from logging roads, illegal ivory

Deadly cyclones hurt conservation efforts in Madagascar

Logging reduces abundance of rare mammals in Borneo

Controversial rainforest clearing approved in Uganda

Sachs says biodiversity extinction crisis avoidable

Ladybugs ruin good wine

Climate change will cause biomes to shift and disappear

Extinction, like climate change, is complicated

Britain invests $100M to protect Congo rainforest

China may top U.S. in greenhouse gas emissions in 2007

Global warming may cause biodiversity extinction

Biodiversity extinction crisis looms says renowned biologist

Carbon dioxide levels threaten oceans regardless of global warming

Deforestation causes species extinction in Madagascar

World’s bluest lizard headed toward extinction?

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