Posts tagged Bill Laurance
A Photographic Celebration of Nature
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor
ALERT Urges Indonesian President: Save the World's Rarest Ape
WildlifeBill LauranceTapanuli Orangutan, Indonesia, President Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, ALERT, scientists' letter, Onrizal Onrizal, North Sumatra, Bill Laurance, Jatna Supriatna, Sumatran tiger, Batang Toru, hydropower, Bank of China, Sinohydro, Asian Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Belt & Road Initiative, habitat fragmentation, roads, illegal logging, oil palm plantations
China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever"
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceBelt and Road Initiative, One Belt One Road, China, infrastructure, roads, Bill Laurance, Asia, Africa, Asia-Pacific region, Europe, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, railroads, ports, extractive industries, global warming, fossil fuels, poaching, extinction, protected areas
Dramatic Conservation Pledge by Papua, Indonesia
ConservationBill LaurancePapua, Papua Province, Indonesia, 83-percent pledge, New Guinea, Elia Loupatty, Project Papua, Pokja Papua, Joko Widodo, President Joko Widodo, Trans-Papuan Highway, roads, deforestation, Lorentz National Park, World Heritage site, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, carbon emissions, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, cultural values, biodiversity
Australian Wins Egg-Frying Contest For Trump
PoliticsBill LauranceDonald Trump, President Trump, Donald J. Trump, global warming, climate change, Australia, South Australia, Corey Bradshaw, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, egg-frying contest, ALERT, Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers, heat wave, eggsplain, carbon emissions, Chinese hoax, goanna, monitor lizard, goanna's gonads, ConservationBytes, White House
A Photographic Celebration of Nature
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor
Only Radical Action Will Stop Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, mass extinction, sixth mass extinction, Bill Laurance, Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, Natalia Ocampa-Penuela, birds, biodiversity hotspots, IUCN Red List, protected areas, human population growth, climate change, wilderness, endangered species
A Vital New Reason To Save Wilderness
ConservationBill Laurancewilderness, deforestation, genetic diversity, genetic variation, inbreeding, Tasmanian Devil, Cheetah, Wolves, habitat disruption, habitat loss, William Laurance, Bill Laurance, carbon storage, water quality, rare species, wildlife, extinction, mutation
ALERT Joins Battle to Halt Nigeria's 'Highway to Hell'
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCross River Highway, Cross River Superhighway, Cross River National Park, Cross River Gorilla, Leopard, Bill Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Nigeria, tropical rainforest, primates, deforestation, logging, poaching, habitat fragmentation
Human Impacts on the Planet are Severe but Slowing Down
ConservationBill Lauranceglobal human footprint, agriculture, cities, population growth, food production, farming efficiency, yield gaps, land-use planning, deforestation, biodiversity, climate change, Oscar Venter, Bill Laurance, James Watson, roads, infrastructure, urban area, economic growth, developing nations, consumption, wilderness
As Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction
RainforestsBill LauranceIndonesia, Malaysia, Council of Palm Oil Producer Countries, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, oil palm, deforestation, fires, El Nino, drought, no-deforestation pledges, press release, respiratory distress, haze, air pollution, carbon emissions, peat forest, peatland, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Lian Pin Koh, Global Forest Watch, Greenpeace
Globally, governments are cracking down on environmental groups
Bill Lauranceenvironmental groups, green groups, The Conversation, Susan Laurance, Bill Laurance, Cambodia, China, Lao, India, anti-environmental fervor, environmental boycotts, gag clauses, Australia, illegal logging, political conservatives, industry mouthpieces, global warming
Roads to ruin: The devastating impacts of the global infrastructure explosion
Bill Lauranceroads, infrastructure, G20 nations, New York Times, New Scientist, Bill Laurance, dams, hydroelectric dams, power lines, gas lines, mining, fossil fuels, road expansion, deforestation, species extinctions, biodiversity loss, dinosaur extinctions, International New York Times, forest elephants, overhunting, poaching, logging roads
ALERT scientists tell G20 leaders to stop the 'infrastructure insanity'!
Bill LauranceG20, G20 nations, infrastructure, roads, dams, mining, power lines, gas lines, fossil fuels, deforestation, habitat loss, overhunting, Bill Laurance, Tom Lovejoy, Current Biology, global warming
Mega-corporation still destroying forests, despite green pledge
Bill LauranceAPRIL, Sumatra, Indonesia, paper pulp, deforestation, forest clearing, rainforest, biodiversity, no-deforestation pledge, no deforestation, Foreign Correspondent, Bill Laurance, Greenpeace
Is intensifying agriculture good or bad for nature?
Bill Lauranceagriculture, biodiversity, tropics, tropical forests, intensification, wildlife-friendly farming, yield increases, Yale Environment 360, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, human population growth, 21st century trends
