In this episode of Forest Builders, we are listening to Rhett Ayers Butler, the founder of Mongabay.

Mongabay is an independent non profit media reporting on conservation, and is basically the top of mind conservation news media. It’s been named by the Time magazine as one of the best "green websites".

Rhett founded Mongabay back in 1999 when he was still a student, out of passion for the tropical rainforests. 25 years on, Rhett still operates today as Mongabay’s CEO, and received several awards recognizing his work as an environmental journalist.

In today’s episode, I wanted to explore the crucial role that information plays in forest conservation with someone who spent the last two decades building a news outlet reporting on the state of nature conservation and a global network of environmental journalists.

Interested by Mongabay's impact? See the articles refered to in our conversation :

Full overview of 2024 by Rhett

Rhett's top of mind impactful article in Mongabay

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