What conservation looks like from the outside
A conversation with Adam Falk after his first year as CEO of WCS
Nature briefs by Rhett Ayers Butler
I'm the founder and CEO of Mongabay, a non-profit that covers issues at the intersection of people and nature via a global network of local reporters. I also write and take pictures.
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
Photos: Among the sacred hills of Colombia’s Guainía
My recent visit to Cerros de Mavicure
A decade of building environmental journalism across Latin America
Launching Mongabay Latam in 2016 felt like a logical next step.
The case for field stations
Conservation has more data than ever. Field stations help turn it into answers.
How silk caterpillars became a tool for conservation in Madagascar
Something different this week: Three interviews
Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls to the lowest 12-month level since 2014
Satellite alerts suggest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to fall, putting the country on pace for one of its lowest forest-clearing years in more than a decade.
How sound can reveal what satellite images miss
From above, an intact forest can look reassuringly complete.
The most underfunded climate opportunities may be at sea
World Ocean Day is June 8th
Brazil has protected much of the Amazon. It now has to pay for it.
For protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the most basic questions is not where the boundary lies.
Whose map counts in conservation?
The amount of writing I’ve been doing over the past several months is not sustainable alongside my other commitments and responsibilities.