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Rhett Butler
Verified
CEO, Mongabay
California
Beats
Biography
Rhett is the founder and CEO of Mongabay, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Beyond Mongabay, Rhett has advised a range of organizations and institutions, from news outlets to philanthropic foundations to development agencies, and his writing and photography have appeared in hundreds of publications. Rhett was the first journalist to win the Field Museum's Parker/Gentry Award from the Field Museum in Chicago.
Politics, economics.
Content
By Rhett Butler| Mongabay Verified Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For Ochieng’ Ogodo, science was never a subject to be sequestered in ivory towers. It belonged in the hands of the people—decoded, demystified, and, above all, delivered with clarity and conviction. Across nearly three decades, he did just that: in newspapers and journals, in classrooms and workshops, in newsrooms stretching from Nairobi to London.
By Xavier Bartaburu Verified, Rhett Butler| Mongabay Verified Acometido pela redução do habitat e pelo comércio ilegal, o papagaio-de-cara-roxa (Amazona brasiliensis), endêmico dos litorais de São Paulo e Paraná, chegou a menos de 5 mil indivíduos no final do século 20. Graças a um projeto de instalação de ninhos artificiais que envolveu a população de uma ilha no Paraná, o número de papagaios quase dobrou em 20 anos, levando a ave a sair do status de “ameaçada” para “quase ameaçada”, caso raro no Brasil.
By Karla Mendes Verified, Rhett Butler| Mongabay Verified Iniciada em fevereiro, uma operação do governo federal removeu entre 1.000 e 2.000 cabeças de gado ilegais da Terra Indígena Arariboia, no Maranhão. Em junho de 2024, a Mongabay fez uma investigação de um ano que revelou que grandes áreas da Arariboia foram tomadas pela pecuária para fins comerciais, o que viola a Constituição. “Teu relatório está muito parecido com o que a gente está encontrando em campo, de fato.
Company Info
Mongabay
Mongabay is a multinational environmental news organization founded in 1999 by Rhett A. Butler. Initially focused on tropical forests, it has grown into a global entity with hundreds of staff and over 1,000 contributing journalists. Operating as a nonprofit since 2012, Mongabay aims to expand its educational and journalistic initiatives while providing original reporting on biodiversity, deforestation, conservation, and climate change in multiple languages. The organization employs a network-based approach with correspondents in over 40 countries, producing data-driven stories and offering small grants to journalists for reporting costs. Mongabay publishes under a Creative Commons license, allowing free republication of its content to maximize reach. With a commitment to accessibility, it serves a diverse audience, including the general public, media partners, and policymakers, influencing conservation discussions and driving accountability in environmental issues.
Menlo Park, California, United States
+1 713-725-1997
Founded: 1999