# 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.

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## [What conservation looks like from the outside](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/what-conservation-looks-like-from)

_2026-08-18 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

A conversation with Adam Falk after his first year as CEO of WCS

## [Photos: Among the sacred hills of Colombia’s Guainía](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/photos-among-the-sacred-hills-of)

_2026-08-11 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

My recent visit to Cerros de Mavicure

## [A decade of building environmental journalism across Latin America](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/a-decade-of-building-environmental)

_2026-08-04 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

Launching Mongabay Latam in 2016 felt like a logical next step.

## [The case for field stations](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/the-case-for-field-stations)

_2026-06-30 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

Conservation has more data than ever. Field stations help turn it into answers.

## [How silk caterpillars became a tool for conservation in Madagascar](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/how-silk-caterpillars-became-a-tool)

_2026-06-23 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

Something different this week: Three interviews

## [Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls to the lowest 12-month level since 2014](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/amazon-deforestation-in-brazil-falls)

_2026-06-16 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

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](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/how-sound-can-reveal-what-satellite)

_2026-06-09 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

From above, an intact forest can look reassuringly complete.

## [The most underfunded climate opportunities may be at sea](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/the-most-underfunded-climate-opportunities)

_2026-06-02 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

World Ocean Day is June 8th

## [Brazil has protected much of the Amazon. It now has to pay for it.](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/brazil-has-protected-much-of-the)

_2026-05-26 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

For protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the most basic questions is not where the boundary lies.

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_2026-05-26 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Whose map counts in conservation?](https://rhettayersbutler.substack.com/p/whose-map-counts-in-conservation)

_2026-05-19 · Rhett Ayers Butler_

The amount of writing I’ve been doing over the past several months is not sustainable alongside my other commitments and responsibilities.