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Mongabay.com was founded by Rhett Ayers Butler in 1999 out of his passion for wildlife and rainforests. Originally a side project which consumed nights and weekends, Rhett quit his day job to focus on mongabay in 2004. In March 2009 Jeremy Hance joined the team and the site has expanded since then.

Mongabay is financed primary through advertising, the majority of which is served by Google. However some of mongabay's most important projects, including the education initiative and our news reporting, now require resources that are unfortunately not fully met by advertising revenue. Therefore in June 2012 Mongabay.com launched a non-profit organization: mongabay.org, which has tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to Mongabay.org are deductible to U.S. taxpayers under section 170 of the Code. Mongabay.org is classified as a public charity.

If you like our service, we would be grateful for your support.

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Why support Mongabay?

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The purpose of mongabay is to raise interest in environmental issues and foster appreciation of wildlife and wild places. The site provides quality information on rainforests and environmental issues, reaching more than two million people per month. To learn more about the mission of mongabay, check out the preface of A Place Out of Time.

Mongabay.org has the specific mission of raising awareness about social and environmental issues relating to forests and other ecosystems. It has five focal areas:, which are explained here.

How can I help?

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You can show your support of several ways.

Financial contributions.



Other ways to help.

1. Volunteering.
   
   We have several projects for volunteers ranging from translation of a children's text about rainforests (currently available in nearly 40 languages) to social media. If you are interested in learning more, please check out our volunteering/internship page.
   
   
2. Buying through Amazon links.
   
   You can use the following Amazon link to buy books, music and other merchandise from Amazon.com. Each time you use this link to make a purchase a small amount (1-5% depending on the item) will go towards maintaining the site. You can also take a look at the recommended books page for book ideas.
   
   
3. Our book for kids and adults.
   
   Rainforests by Rhett Ayers Butler, founder and editor of mongabay.com. An overview of tropical rainforests for kids, based on mongabay.com's popular web site for children (kids.mongabay.com). Rainforests describes tropical rainforests, why they are important, and what is happening to them.
   
   
4. Mongabay gear.
   
   You can buy mongabay.com and wildmadagascar.org apparel. A portion of each sale goes to the site. The most popular design is:

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   Save Madagascar T-shirt This shirt features pictures of wildlife from Madagascar. It includes both the English name and Malagasy name for several animals.

   
   Other designs can be found at mongabay.com apparel and animals of madagascar designs