Mongabay
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Mongabay (mongabay.com) is an American conservation news web portal that reports on environmental science, energy, and green design, and features extensive information on tropical rainforests, including pictures and deforestation statistics for countries of the world.
Founded | 1999 |
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Founder | Rhett Ayers Butler |
Type | 501(c)(3) |
45-3714703 | |
Focus | Conservation journalism |
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Area served | Global |
Key people | CEO Rhett Ayers Butler |
Revenue | Donations, grants, and advertising |
Employees | 90 (Sep 2023) |
Website | mongabay |
It was founded in 1999 by economist Rhett Ayers Butler in order to increase "interest in and appreciation of wildlands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging local and global trends in technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development".[1] In recent years, to complement its US-based team, Mongabay has opened bureaus in Indonesia, Latin America, and India, reporting daily in Indonesian, Spanish and English respectively. Mongabay's reporting is available in nine languages.