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About Paul Butler

Paul Butler is Rare's Senior Vice President of Global Programs. He lived and worked in the Caribbean for 25 years. His signature conservation-marketing program, Promoting Protection through Pride, succeeded in bringing back the endangered St. Lucia Parrot, and since 1987 Paul has successfully replicated this program in over 40 countries throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific. Paul’s work has been recognized by the UN (Global 500 Laureate), Smithsonian magazine (Environment Award), Chicago Zoological Society (Presidential Award), and by the Government of Saint Lucia who presented him with citizenship and their Medal of Merit (SLMM).

Pride of Place: A powerful emotion motivates athletes, local communities and me

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As Rare’s programs evolve and deepen in complexity, they will always retain the foundation upon which they were built: pride of place. The power of pride supports upland farmers signing reciprocal water agreements or fisher’s adopting TURF-reserves (territorial user rights in fisheries). Pride also motivates the wider communities to create an enabling and supportive environment for resource–user behavior change, just as Olympic spectators encourage athletes to unimaginable success. Continue reading →

Ecuador, a country made up of great human and biological diversity

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A week or so after returning from visiting our China campaign managers in Kunming, I was back in the air again, this time heading west to Ecuador, a country of geological and geographic contrasts. From the offshore islands of the Galapagos … Continue reading →

Feelings of being in a Jimmy Buffet song and a quick meeting with Yao Ming in China

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I sometimes feel like a disembodied soul in Jimmy Buffet’s classic song “Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude,” for he writes: Reading departure signs in some big airport Reminds me of the places I’ve been Visions of good times that … Continue reading →

A trip that showed the many successful campaigns at present and in the works in the Philippines

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The fabled chocolate hills. Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s sixth and final blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the … Continue reading →

So near and yet so far

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Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s fifth blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the field. You can find his first post here, his second … Continue reading →

Helping fellows craft campaign songs, logos, posters and messages to educate people on sustainable fishing

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Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s third blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the field. You can find his first post … Continue reading →

Improving marine protected area enforcement in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth

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Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s second blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the field. You can find his first … Continue reading →

Support visits are an integral part of every Rare Pride campaign

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Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s first blog post in a series about his recent trip to Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the field. Every Rare Conservation Fellow can expect to be … Continue reading →

Helpless in Heathrow (and how focusing on bright spots helps us combat environmental threats)

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Reading about our campaigns on RarePlanet, or in some of our promotional literature, a reader might think that project success relies solely on our campaign managers — those incredible individuals that Rare trains, mentors and monitors as their work in … Continue reading →