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Mongabay at 25: A Reflection on the Journey and Future

Rhett A. Butler 24 Jun 2024
Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)

Rhett A. Butler 7 Oct 2019

World’s biggest meatpackers buying cattle from deforesters in Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil 19 Sep 2019

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett A. Butler 14 Nov 2018

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett A. Butler 31 Dec 2016

Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increased 29% over last year

Rhett A. Butler 30 Nov 2016

Could REDD help save an embattled forest in Cambodia?

Rhett A. Butler 28 Oct 2016

Saving Bangladesh’s last rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 21 Sep 2016

Rainforest destruction rises in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett A. Butler 3 Sep 2016

On eve of Olympics, Amazon deforestation surges in Brazil

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jul 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett A. Butler 5 Jun 2016
Rainforest in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

New Rainforest Alliance head: technology could improve commodity certification

Rhett A. Butler 21 Mar 2016

For Leap Day, 35 pictures of frogs

Rhett A. Butler 29 Feb 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett A. Butler 14 Feb 2016

With haze threatening return, Indonesian forestry giant pushes peatlands restoration model

4 Feb 2016
Wood fiber concession on recently cleared peatland in Riau Province, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia appoints conservationist to save country’s declining peatlands

Rhett A. Butler 13 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jan 2016

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett A. Butler 29 Dec 2015
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett A. Butler 21 Dec 2015
Sunset over the Sumatran rainforest

New short film urges world to ‘stop the burning’

Rhett A. Butler 3 Dec 2015

Palm oil expansion triggers ecological cascade, boosting pigs but hurting other species

1 Dec 2015
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Amazon deforestation jumps in Brazil, but remains historically low

Rhett A. Butler 27 Nov 2015

Rainforests could provide half global climate solution by 2050

Rhett A. Butler 25 Nov 2015

Environmentalist gunned down by illegal miners in Peru

Rhett A. Butler 20 Nov 2015

Singapore court: illicit timber trafficking through our ports not our problem

Rhett A. Butler 13 Nov 2015
Sierra del Divisor's famed cone. Photo by Diego Pérez / El Taller.pe

Peru creates ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’: 3.3M acre reserve home to uncontacted tribes, endangered wildlife

Rhett A. Butler 7 Nov 2015

Conservation win in Madagascar: 7 new reserves established

Rhett A. Butler 16 Jul 2015

Scaling bottom-up conservation in Latin America

Rhett A. Butler 14 Jul 2015

Do we need to move ‘beyond certification’ to save forests?

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jun 2015

Controversy emerges over alleged deforestation policy breach by APRIL supplier

Rhett A. Butler 23 Jun 2015

Has Amazon deforestation reached a 7-year high in Brazil?

Rhett A. Butler 18 Jun 2015

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