Turbulent Times in the Amazon
PoliticsBill LauranceAmazon, deforestation, roads, Peru, Yaguas National Park, dams, hydropower, Michel Temer, John Terborgh, Philip Fearnside, BR-319, Manaus-Porto Velho Highway, Iquitos-Saramirizia Highway, Sentinel satellite, Beni Province, Bolivia, China railway
The plight of tropical migratory species
WildlifeBill LauranceBlack Skimmer, migratory species, Amazon, Andes, Lisa Davenport, Manu National Park, Rio Doce, hydroelectric dams, mining, illegal gold mining, mercury pollution, water harvesting, agriculture, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Cocha Cashu Biological Station, elevational migrants
New study: Half of all Amazon tree species are imperiled
Bill LauranceAmazon, tree species, protected areas, indigenous lands, deforestation, logging, tree diversity, rare species, Carlos Peres, Hans ter Steege, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Guianas, beef, soy, palm oil
Export markets are driving much of tropical deforestation
Bill Lauranceagricultural commodities, soy, beef, timber, palm oil, tropical deforestation, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, export markets, globalization, Center for Global Development, greenhouse gas emissions, commodity exports, European Union, E.U., China
