Sound can save forests and major rainforest trends to watch with Mongabay's founder

Summary: Mongabay founder Rhett Butler discusses the biggest rainforest trends for 2019 and a major new paper he co-authored in Science that looks at how bioacoustics can monitor forests and their wildlife to safeguard conservation goals. Plus he talks about the origins of Mongabay, from a disastrous first trip to Madagascar to the 20th anniversary this year, when 30 million people now visit the site. And we round up the top environmental news, so if you like what you hear, please subscribe and tell a friend.