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((Short description|American writer and businessman))
((Use dmy dates|date=March 2023))
((Infobox person
|name              = Rhett Ayers Butler
|image             = File:Rhett-ayers-butler-mongabay 2023.jpg
|caption           = Rhett Ayers Butler in Nov 2023
|birth_date        = ((Birth year and age|1978))
|birth_place       = United States
|alma_mater        = [[University of California, San Diego]] (BSc)
|organisation      = [[Mongabay]]
|known_for         = [[Conservation science (cultural heritage)|Conservation science]], [[Environmental journalism]]
|awards            = [[Parker-Gentry Award]], [[Heinz Awards|Heinz Award]]
))
'''Rhett Ayers Butler''' (born 1978)<ref name="A site of inspiration">((Cite news |last=Guynn |first=Jessica |title=A site of inspiration |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/A-site-of-inspiration-2493582.php |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=SFGATE |language=en))</ref> is an American journalist, author and entrepreneur who founded Mongabay, a conservation and environmental science news platform, in 1999.<ref>((Cite news |last=Meehan |first=Emily |date=6 September 2006 |title=Not Letting Success Get to Your Head |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115705554512950899 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214101944/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115705554512950899 |archive-date=14 February 2022 ))</ref>

Butler founded Mongabay out of his interest in nature and wildlife.<ref>((cite news|last=Butler|first=Rhett|title=
A lucky child: Mongabay's origin story|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/a-lucky-child-mongabays-origin-story-insider/|website=Mongabay News|date=18 November 2018))</ref> The name "mongabay" originated from an anglicized spelling and pronunciation of [[Nosy Mangabe]], an island off the coast of [[Madagascar]].<ref>((cite news|last=Wood|first=Barbara|title=How a curious kid from Atherton started and grew a global environmental news site|url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2017/11/08/cover-story-informing-the-world|newspaper=Almanac News|date=8 November 2017))</ref>

Butler has received multiple conservation, environmental, and journalism awards including the [[Parker-Gentry Award]] from the [[Field Museum of Natural History]]<ref>((Cite web |date=2020-02-21 |title=2014 Rhett Butler ((!)) Parker/Gentry Award |url=https://parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org/2014 |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221070101/https://parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org/2014 |archive-date=21 February 2020 ))</ref> in 2014, the SEAL Environmental Journalism Award in 2021,<ref>((Cite web |last=Harney |first=Matt |date=2021-02-17 |title=2020 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced |url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2020/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=SEAL Awards |language=en-US))</ref> and the [[Heinz Awards|Heinz Award]] for the Environment in 2022.<ref>((Cite web|title=Heinz Awards – Rhett Ayers Butler|url=http://www.heinzawards.org/pages/rhett-ayers-butler))</ref>

== Education and career ==
Butler studied Management Science and Economics [[University of California, San Diego]], where he earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree.<ref>((Cite web |title=Rhett Ayers Butler Bio – Rhett Ayers Butler |url=https://www.butlernature.com/rhett-butler-bio/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.butlernature.com |language=en-US))</ref>

In 2012 Butler founded Mongabayorg Corporation, a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] [[501(c) organization|501(c)(3)]] charitable organization headquartered in [[Menlo Park, California]] that raises awareness about social and environmental issues relating to [[forests]] and other ecosystems.<ref>((Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://www.guidestar.org/report/chartingimpact/670781238/mongabayorg-corporation.pdf |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215704/https://www.guidestar.org/report/chartingimpact/670781238/mongabayorg-corporation.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2018 ))</ref> Mongabay.org was established in 2012 as the non-profit arm of Mongabay<ref>((Cite news |last=Butler |first=Rhett Ayers |date=29 October 2013 |title=Shifting to a non-profit model for environmental news reporting |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2013/10/shifting-to-a-non-profit-model-for-environmental-news-reporting/ |work=[[Mongabay]]))</ref> and its first project with Mongabay-Indonesia, an Indonesian-language environmental news service.<ref>((Cite news |last=Sagita |first=Dessy |title=Environmental Portal Launches in Indonesia |url=http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/environmental-portal-launches-in-indonesia/ |work=[[Jakarta Globe]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032241/http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/environmental-portal-launches-in-indonesia/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 ))</ref> Butler has served as CEO since inception.<ref>Butler, Rhett. [https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/how-mongabay-grew-from-a-guy-in-his-pajamas-to-a-multinational-media-organization-insider/ "How Mongabay grew from a guy in his pajamas to a multinational media organization"], ''[[Mongabay.com]]'', 1 January 2019. Retrieved on 17 February 2021.</ref>

== Reporting focus ==
Butler's reporting has focused on environmental issues in the tropics, especially topics related to [[forests]], like [[biodiversity]], [[Nature conservation|conservation]], and [[deforestation]]. He's done extensive reporting in [[Indonesia]],<ref>((Cite web |date=2012-06-12 |title=Satellites Help Save Indonesian Forests |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/new-satellites-to-help-save-indonesian-forests/1206361.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Voice of America |language=en))</ref> [[Malaysia]], [[Borneo]], the [[Amazon rainforest]], and Madagascar.

In 2011 Butler published ''Rainforests'', a book geared toward kids.<ref>((Cite web |title=About Mongabay.com |url=https://data.mongabay.com/about.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=data.mongabay.com))</ref>

== Research ==
Butler has co-authored more than 20 academic papers in publications ranging from ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''<ref>((cite journal|last1=Burivalova|first1=Zuzana|last2=Game|first2=Eddie|last3=Butler|first3=Rhett|title=The sound of a tropical forest|journal=Science|date=4 January 2019|volume=363|issue=6422|pages=28–29|doi=10.1126/science.aav1902|pmid=30606831 |bibcode=2019Sci...363...28B |s2cid=57600432 ))</ref> to ''Trends in Ecology & Evolution''.<ref>((cite journal|last1=Butler|first1=Rhett|last2=Laurance|first2=William|title=New strategies for conserving tropical forests|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|date=24 July 2008|volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=469–472 |doi=10.1016/j.tree.2008.05.006|pmid=18656280 ))</ref> These papers have usually focused on trends in deforestation and tropical forest conservation,<ref>((cite journal|last1=Ghazoul|first1=J|last2=Butler|first2=R|last3=Mateo-Vega|first3=J|last4=Koh|first4=L.P.|title=REDD: a reckoning of environment and development implications|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|date=22 April 2010|volume=25|issue=7|pages=396–402|doi=10.1016/j.tree.2010.03.005|pmid=20417579))</ref> public interest in conservation,<ref>((cite journal|last1=Burivalova|first1=Zuzana|last2=Butler|first2=Rhett|last3=Wilcove|first3=David|title=Analyzing Google search data to debunk myths about the public's interest in conservation|journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment|date=9 October 2018|volume=16 |issue=9 |pages=509–514 |doi=10.1002/fee.1962|s2cid=91865977 |doi-access=free))</ref> conservation practice,<ref>((cite journal|last1=Sodhi|first1=Navjot|last2=Butler|first2=Rhettt|last3=Laurance|first3=William|last4=Gibson|first4=Luke|title=Conservation successes at micro, meso and macro scales|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|date=1 November 2011|volume=26|issue=11|pages=585–594|doi=10.1016/j.tree.2011.07.002|pmid=21824677 ))</ref> [[palm oil]],<ref>((cite journal|last1=Butler|first1=Rhett|last2=Laurance|first2=William F.|title=Is oil palm the next emerging threat to the Amazon?|journal=Tropical Conservation Science|date=1 March 2009|volume=2|issue=1|pages=1–10 |doi=10.1177/194008290900200102|doi-access=free))</ref> and conservation technology.<ref>((Cite web |title=Mongabay.com |url=https://www.mongabay.com/about.htm |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Mongabay.com))</ref>

== Philip Jacobson arrest ==
Butler played a prominent role in the effort to free American journalist Philip Jacobson after his detention on 17 December 2019 on an alleged visa violation.<ref>((cite news|last=Paddock|first=Richard|title=American Journalist Is Arrested in Indonesia Over Visa Issue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/asia/indonesia-journalist-philip-jacobson.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 January 2020))</ref> Jacobson was released without charge on 31 January 2020.<ref>((cite news|last=Paddock|first=Richard|title=Indonesia Deports U.S. Journalist Jailed Over Visa Issue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/indonesia-journalist-deported.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 February 2020))</ref>

== Awards ==
* [[Parker-Gentry Award]] from the [[Field Museum of Natural History]]<ref>Field Museum [https://parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org/2014 "Parker/Gentry Award"], Retrieved on 14 January 2021</ref>
* [[SEAL Awards#Environmental Journalism Awards|SEAL Environmental Journalism Award]], 2021<ref>((Cite web |last=Harney |first=Matt |date=2021-02-17 |title=2020 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced |url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2020/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=SEAL Awards |language=en-US))</ref>
* 27th Annual [[Heinz Awards|Heinz Award]] for the Environment, 2022<ref>((Cite web|title=Heinz Awards – Rhett Ayers Butler|url=http://www.heinzawards.org/pages/rhett-ayers-butler))</ref>

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