BATFN Board of Directors: Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com Rhett Butler is founder of mongabay.com, an environmental science news web site with a focus on tropical forests; founder of wildmadagascar.org, a web site that highlights the cultural and biological richness of Madagascar; and co-founder of Tropical Conservation Science, an academic journal that aims to provide opportunities for scientists in developing countries to publish their research in their native languages. In addition to mongabay.com, Rhett's writing has appeared in The Washington Monthly, Yale Environment 360, BBC News, the Jakarta Post, Conservation Letters, and Trends in Evolution & Ecology. Rhett has traveled widely in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. He has a background in economics and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Back to BATFN Board of Directors { About | Facebook Page | Board | Participants | Supporters | Tropical Forest News }