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June 17, 2019 61 mins

Rhett Butler is the founder of Mongabay, one of the most popular environmental science and conservation news sites in the world.

He has such an interesting background and some wild stories. We talk about rainforests, deforestation, climate change, bioacoustic monitoring, close encounters with elephants and gorillas, and what it is like to be friends with Jane Goodall.


Rhett’s work:

https://www.mongabay.com/

https://news.mongabay.com/author/rhettbutler/

https://twitter.com/rhett_butler

www.instagram.com/rhettbutler


Sources for topics discussed:

Jane Goodall: www.janegoodall.org

zero deforestation commitments: https://bit.ly/2xCBrC6

Steve Winter: www.instagram.com/stevewinterphoto

Hollywood mountain lion photo: https://on.natgeo.com/2KeDgfM

aye-aye lemur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye

Health in Harmony: http://healthinharmony.org/

Rhett Butler publications / bioacoustic monitoring: https://data.mongabay.com/about.htm

Dr Jodi Rowley: http://jodirowley.com/

Frog ID: https://news.frogid.net.au/

Rainforest Connection: https://rfcx.org/

Planet Labs: https://www.planet.com/

Wildlife Conservation Network: https://wildnet.org/

Acaté Amazon: https://acateamazon.org/

Global Forest Watch: https://www.globalforestwatch.org/

World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/

David Quammen: http://www.davidquammen.com/

Virunga documentary: https://virungamovie.com/

Impossible Foods: https://impossiblefoods.com/

Global Fishing Watch: https://globalfishingwatch.org/


Full show notes @ https://bit.ly/2KVw9Yx

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