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Rhett Butler

(He/Him)
California
As seen in: Mongabay, Color Research & Application, ScienceDaily, Substack, Yale Environment 360, Flipboard, Memphis Business Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Science Magazine, The Epoch Times, Common Dreams and
Covers:  Conservation, tropical forests, rainforests, climate change, environment, nature, wildlife, oceans, biodiversity, agriculture, commodities, forest fires, deforestation, Indonesia, Brazil, the Amazon
I don't use Twitter, but you can follow @Mongabayorg for our updates. FYI: We no longer have access to the Mongabay handle. Why? Ask @Twitter.
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Rhett Butler’s Biography

Rhett Ayers Butler founded Mongabay in 1999 with the mission of raising interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife. For the first ten years of the project, he operated Mongabay on his own, publishing thousands of stories and tens of thousands of photos.

Today Rhett serves as editor-in-chief and CEO of Mongabay, a non-profit media organization with more than 50 staff across five bureaus and a network of around 800 correspondents in 80 countries who pursue stories ranging from conventional news articles to deeply-reported investigative projects.

Rhett has advised a wide range of organizations, including governments, multilateral development agencies, media outlets, academic institutions, foundations, and private sector entities. He has been an information source for a large number of media outlets and agencies.

Rhett’s work has been published outside of his web sites, including magazines, newspapers, online media, and academic journals. His photos have appeared in hundreds of publications.